convert mde file for access 2003 use

[Bill]

we have an old database that needs to be converted for use with access 2003.
the main file is a .mde file, and when you try and load it with access 2003,
the conversion screen comes up - it won't convert it to 2003, nor will it
open it in its current format - the message is the same either way - "You
can't convert or enable an MDE file"

any ideas?

thanks in advance

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

You can't. The whole point of compiling an Access .mde file from an
..mdb file is to prevent application design changes by making forms,
reports and modules uneditable. You need to find the original .mdb file
from which the .mde file was compiled.