ACC: Cannot Open a Database Created with an Earlier Version (152216)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Access for Windows 95 7.0
- Microsoft Access 97
This article was previously published under Q152216 SYMPTOMS
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When you link a Microsoft Access 2.0 database (.mdb) file in Microsoft
Access 7.0 or 97, you may receive the following error message:
Can't open a database created with a previous version of your
application.
Similarly, if you use Visual Basic to link a Microsoft Access 2.0 .mdb file
or if you open an application in Visual Basic that contains a link to a
Microsoft Access 2.0 .mdb file, you may receive this error message.
This error message may also occur if you try to convert a database from an
earlier version of Microsoft Access.
CAUSE
In Microsoft Access 7.0, the Microsoft Jet database engine version 2.x key
is missing from the Windows Registry under the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Jet\3.0\ISAM Formats
In Microsoft Access 97, the Microsoft Jet database engine version 2.x key
is missing from the Windows Registry under the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Jet\3.5\ISAM Formats
The 2.x key will be missing if you remove a run-time application created
with the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (or Microsoft Access
Developer's Toolkit for Microsoft Access 7.0). When you remove the
application, the Microsoft Jet database engine version 2.x key is removed
from the Windows Registry.
This registry setting is necessary for any application that uses the
Jet 2.x ISAM driver to access a Jet 2.x table or query.
RESOLUTION
You can run Setup to reset the registry settings. To do so, follow these
steps:
- In Windows 95 or later, or Windows NT 4.0, click Start, and then click
Run (or in Windows NT 3.51, click Run on the File menu in Program
Manager or File Manager.)
- Insert Disk 1 of the Microsoft Access 7.0 or 97 disks into a floppy
drive on your computer. Or, insert the Microsoft Office 95 Professional
CD or the Microsoft Office 97 Professional CD into the CD-ROM drive.
- Type a command to run the Microsoft Access Setup program using the /y
switch, for example:
a:\setup /y
- In the Installation Maintenance Program box, click Reinstall. The
Setup program updates the Windows Registry for Microsoft Access.
- When Setup is complete, try starting Microsoft Access and linking the
Microsoft Access 2.0 database file.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/28/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB152216 |
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