Error Message

[bethsobi]

I'm hoping someone here can help. When I try to open a file in my Access
2003, I get the following error message:

Cannot open the Microsoft Jet engine workgroup information file. (Error 3358)

There doesn't seem to be anything in the error message section. Can anyone
help?

Thanks.

Beth

 

[Daniel Pineault]

I could be mistaken, but a work group file is a security file associated with
a database and hold all the user account information. Basically, the
database is a secured one and you are missing the security file to be able to
run it.

The file would be *.mdw (w for work group)

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Hi Beth,

Are you using ULS (User Level Security) in Access, with a custom workgroup
information file (*.mdw)? If so, you may need to replace this file using a
copy that you should have backed up.

If you have not specifically implemented ULS, then you're still using it,
but you are joined to the file named System.mdw, with username Admin and a
blank password. In this case, which is more likely than the above case I
guessing, your copy of System.mdw may have somehow gotten corrupted. Try
searching your hard drive for this file. For example, my copy is in this
folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Access

(Yes, I log on as Administrator on my PC routinely. Bad Tom).

Rename your copy of System.mdw to something else. Then try restarting
Access. Access 2003 will automatically create this file, if you are
permanently joined to System.mdw, and it does not find it during startup.
That should get you a fresh copy.

Good Luck,


Tom Wickerath
Microsoft Access MVP
http://www.accessmvp.com/TWickerath/
http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
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[Corentin]

C'est (pas) trop cool