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Opening a .mdb file
Hi. I havea .mdb file that I need to open. When I try to open it using MS access 2003 or 2007, I get "unrecognized database format.." error. I do not know what version was used to create that file. I...
That means it was created in Access 97 or earlier. .. possibly all the way back to v1.0. To open it, you need to use an earlier version that supports that format then convert it to Access 2000 or later. This may need to be done in several steps depending on the version used originally.
As I have all Access versions, I may be able to assist. If interested, you can contact me via the contact form at the end of my Web article A Trip Down Memory Lane
Also asked on Microsoft Answers where the OP revealed in a follow up response that it is an mdb distributed with and for a third-party application. It may well be an older version, such as 97 or earlier. But given that provenance, I'm not willing to bet on much of anything without seeing it.
