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Can't open data file
(Windows 98) I reformatted my C disk. I backed up data on
a floppy disk, but when restoring found the data to be no good. Also saved the data file to CD. When I tried to open that data file, got this message: Unable to open herd database. The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file "I:\MyHerds\NewHerddata.hrd". It is alreday opened exclusively by another user or you need permission to view its data. It is my data and no one is using it. Is there a way to get around this? The data is lost?? Crocodile tears. |
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Can't open data file
Microsoft Jet Database Engine is used by many applications to actually
provide the basic database access--Excel, Access, even Word and many other applications, both from Microsoft and from 3rd-parties, use it. Think of the file as similar to a car body, the application as the chassis, and the Jet Engine as, well, the engine. I went into that detail because I don't recognize the HRD extension--and the extension usually points to what kind of application you are using to view and manipulate the database. The two things I would do as simple standard operating procedure when dealing with this kind of issue: 1. Reinstall the actual application that handles your HRD database file; and/or 2. Update the Jet Database Engine, *and* MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components.) Here's the most recent Jet package--Note, this one is *not* for Windows 2000 or XP--only for earlier versions. The other two have their own downloads. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...0-46f815d3f5cd For MDAC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-3cffcb0c2524 There's a brand new MDAC download, 2.8, but it's new enough that I'd be leery of it. This one is more likely to be stable and have fewer backwards compatibility issues. Updating the above two will help to verify that it isn't a problem in the core procedures being accessed by the application. However, the error message you are getting is common in the cases of an incredibly wide variety of JET problems, so here's a partial list of MS Knowledge Base articles that cover *some* of the possibilities: http://support.microsoft.com/search/...ySource=g ASr _Query&Product=msall&Queryc=already+opened+exclusi vely+by+another+user+or+yo u+need+permission+to+view+its+data&Query=already+o pened+exclusively+by+anoth er+user+or+you+need+permission+to+view+its+data&Ke ywordType=ALL&maxResults=1 50&Titles=false&numDays= -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "Fran" wrote in message ... (Windows 98) I reformatted my C disk. I backed up data on a floppy disk, but when restoring found the data to be no good. Also saved the data file to CD. When I tried to open that data file, got this message: Unable to open herd database. The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file "I:\MyHerds\NewHerddata.hrd". It is alreday opened exclusively by another user or you need permission to view its data. It is my data and no one is using it. Is there a way to get around this? The data is lost?? Crocodile tears. |
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Can't open data file
It is very common that a data base application cannot access a database file
when it is on the CD. Copy the file to a folder on the hard disk. Right-click the file and select properties - make sure that Read Only is not set. Then try accessing the file again. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "Fran" wrote in message ... (Windows 98) I reformatted my C disk. I backed up data on a floppy disk, but when restoring found the data to be no good. Also saved the data file to CD. When I tried to open that data file, got this message: Unable to open herd database. The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file "I:\MyHerds\NewHerddata.hrd". It is alreday opened exclusively by another user or you need permission to view its data. It is my data and no one is using it. Is there a way to get around this? The data is lost?? Crocodile tears. |
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Can't open data file
Hello Jeff -
I did as you said, and was able to access the data file. It is a file for a dairy herd (therefore the extension .hrd) Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. It helped me out immensely! Fran Cherney ) -----Original Message----- It is very common that a data base application cannot access a database file when it is on the CD. Copy the file to a folder on the hard disk. Right-click the file and select properties - make sure that Read Only is not set. Then try accessing the file again. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "Fran" wrote in message ... (Windows 98) I reformatted my C disk. I backed up data on a floppy disk, but when restoring found the data to be no good. Also saved the data file to CD. When I tried to open that data file, got this message: Unable to open herd database. The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file "I:\MyHerds\NewHerddata.hrd". It is alreday opened exclusively by another user or you need permission to view its data. It is my data and no one is using it. Is there a way to get around this? The data is lost?? Crocodile tears. . |
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Can't open data file
Glad to be of help, and thanks for letting us know that you got is sorted
out. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "Fran" wrote in message ... Hello Jeff - I did as you said, and was able to access the data file. It is a file for a dairy herd (therefore the extension .hrd) Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. It helped me out immensely! |
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