MDE file to use in Access 2003

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I have made a MDE file in Access 2000 and sent it off for someone else to
use. They have Access 2003 and cant seem to open it. How can I resolve this?
John
 
John,

Normally I would expect an Access 2000 MDE to run fine in Access 2003.
What specifically is happening? Error message?
 
SorryTo said:
I have made a MDE file in Access 2000 and sent it off for someone
else to use. They have Access 2003 and cant seem to open it. How can
I resolve this? John
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If they have WinXP with SP2 on it Windows might have "blocked" it as a
potentially unsafe file. Have them right-click and look at the properties. If
there is an [Unblock] button in the lower right of the property sheet they need
to press that.
 
I can confirm that this happens as I asked my son to test out an MDE on his
Access 2003 (WinXP) system that I developed on my Access 2000 (Win98SE)
system. After he got around this "block" the application worked fine. Bob
(@Martureo.Org)

Rick Brandt said:
SorryTo said:
I have made a MDE file in Access 2000 and sent it off for someone
else to use. They have Access 2003 and cant seem to open it. How can
I resolve this? John
Click to expand...

If they have WinXP with SP2 on it Windows might have "blocked" it as a
potentially unsafe file. Have them right-click and look at the properties. If
there is an [Unblock] button in the lower right of the property sheet they need
to press that.
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