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gabe85
Copper Contributor
Aug 27, 2019

How to open a MS Access 2000 file in MS Access 2016?

I am currently using MS Access 2016 and I need to open a file that was created using MS Access 2000. When I try to open the file it will not let me do it, therefore I cannot convert it. I need help converting this file so I can open it utilizing MS Access 2016. 

Converting .mdb to .accdb

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  • tsgiannis's avatar
    tsgiannis
    Iron Contributor
    Sep 12, 2019

    Now you can use Access 2016 to import the tables from old unsupported .mdb

    Just check my article at EE : https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/33729/Importing-Tables-from-Older-Unsupported-Access-databases.html

  • SteveWiz750's avatar
    SteveWiz750
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 28, 2019
    Open MS Access 2000 file in MS Access 2000 and then try to paste it in a new file in MS Access 2016. See if that works?

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