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Access lock file filled with chinese characters and unrecognized database format
We have several MSAccess Databases that have worked fine for year but recently we are getting unrecognized database format sporatically first thing in the morning and a compact and repair does resolv...
lwestberg The lock files contain information in binary format so just viewing via a text editor will have strange characters..is just the interpretation of the binary data
For your case i suspect that you changed something and is causing this issue.
tsgiannis On my computer the lock file is in English and has the workstation name and user name, one user per line.
Which app do you use to open the MS access lock file?? WHen I use Notepad i am now getting chinese characters. Dplaut
RIchardCKerr When I open one with notepad I get:
workstation nameNUL AdminNUL
I don't know why yours looks different.
