Could not find the specified .mdb’

Asked By Raymond D Caswell 50 points N/A Posted on - 05/26/2014

Hi,

While working in project in Microsoft Access I got this weird error message. I have been doing action for quite long and never experienced this before. I do not understand what to do now to solve this error. The error says it ‘could not find the specified .mdb’. When I try to initiate the procedure, I got this error message pop up in Microsoft Access. Please help. Thanks.

Microsoft Access

Could not find file C:UsersAlicia.Alicia-PCDesktopClientFiletbITechnicians.mdb. 

 

 

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Answered By points N/A #169821

Could not find the specified .mdb’

Hello,

In order to fix this issue,

1. Start Windows Explorer.
2. Go to “Tools” menu >> Folder Options.
3. Open “File Types” tab.
4. From “Registered file types” list, select “Microsoft Access Application”.
5. Click “Advanced” button.
6. From “Actions” list, click “Open” >> “Edit”.
7. Uncheck the option “USE DDE” >> click “OK”.
8. In “Edit File Type”, click “OK”.
9. In “Folder Options”, press “Close”.

Now your problem should have solved easily.

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