Error 3734 - Database is locked

[Lora]

We have approximately 6 separate databases that were created in Access 2000.
We are currently running Access 2003 and everything has always been working
fine. Recently "The database has been placed in a state by user *** on
machine *** that prevents it from being opened or locked. (Error 3734).
This error occurs when either one of us tries to access any of our databases
(not just a particular one).

We have no security locks in place.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Joan Wild]

With everyone out of the database(s), open the folder(s) where they are located, and if you see a file with a '.ldb' extension, delete it.

Then open the database(s) and compact it (Tools, Database Utilities, Compact)