All Access DB Contents Magically Disappear

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M Packer

I have an Access database that I have been working on for about a week. I
thought I was done and mailed it off to someone else (I used the suffix
..xmdb to get around the Outlook Access blocking). Now oddly (and very
annoyingly) the database's contents no longer exist: all tables, queries,
forms and reports I have created have disappeared as if I deleted them. The
sent copy also has no data objects. Even odder, a copy restored from almost
a week ago also has no objects. Any one have any idea if there is a
Halloween worm or the like? (I am up to date with Norton AntiVirus.) The
only thing slightly odd about this is that all of my tables are linked and
the mdb file is exactly 100 KB.

TIA

Marty Packer.
 
If it were me...

The database is the correct size and the tables still show up in
relationships... I'd look under Tools and Options and make sure there is a
check in the box that says Show Hidden Objects under View.

Hope that helps...
Gina
 
Your database must be extremely small. I have just created a blank database
in A2K with nothing in it and the size is already 92KB! I would expect a few
Queries / Forms / Reports will push it well beyond 100KB.

Suggest doing a search on your computer and see if you can find all the
copies of the databases and see which one is the correct copy you should
use. If it fails, try seraching for all MDB / MDE files on your computer.

HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)
 
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