Even for a large application, 1 minute would be around the max time here.
the process occurs quite fast.
I would first do a compact and repair.
I would then also whack ctrl-g, and bring up the he code window, and then do
a compile project.
The above two steps will ensure that you can create a mde. If you get any
compile errors in step 2 above, then you can't create the mde.
However, as mentioned, to create the mde, you go tools->database
utilities->make mde file.
The process does not take much longer then it takes to do compact and
repair.
Are you trying to make a mde, and your computer is freezing/stopping? Or,
perhaps are you just mistaken about the whole process here of what is
involved to make a mde file?
Do feel free to expand on your question. Also, it does help if you mention
what version of ms-access you are using here.
