Regain lost shortcut.

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I am using Access 2003, but the database was created when I had 2002. That is
where the problem comes in. My company updated my computer to give me Office
2003. Apparently, with that, or perhaps one of the other updates, I lost the
shortcut to my secured database that would allow me to log in with a user
name and password. Luckily, it is just my test database I use to try out new
things, so it is no major deal, but I would like it back if I can get into
it, and I'd prefer not to have to use the .bak file and re-do all the
security stuff.

When I try to open the database, all I get is a message that I do not have
the proper permissions to open the database. I try creating a shortcut and
putting it back on my desktop, but that just gives the same error message.
Anybody know if I can restore my ability to login without having to redo
everything? If so, how would I go about doing that? Thank you in advance for
any help you can provide.

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Have a nice day!

~Paul
Express Scripts,
Charting the future of pharmacy

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Paul
-Right click on your shortcut, and in the 'target' box, put the following
(including the quotation marks)

"FullPathToMSAccessOnYourComputer" "FullPathToYourDatabase" /wrkgrp
"FullPathToYourWorkgroupFile"

for example:
"c:\ProgramFiles\Office\Office11\Access.exe" "c:\my Documents\test.mdb"
/wrkgrp "c:\MyDocuments\MyWorkgroup.mdw"

I'm assuming you know which workgroup you were using since it sounds like
you set up the security originally, no?
hope this helps
-John
 
Oh man! That's great! Thank you so much! That worked like a charm! I've been
wanting to get this back for a while now, and the thought just occurred to me
today to come back to this group. I knew it was a good idea! Thank you! Hey,
interestingly enough, that is my test database and this was a great new thing
to test out in case it ever were to come up with the real databased we use at
my company.
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Have a nice day!

~Paul
Express Scripts,
Charting the future of pharmacy

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| |
|c--OD
| _)
| |
|-. |
/ `-# /A
/ /_|..`#.J/
||LJ `m''
ptaylor
 
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