*.LDB files not openning as plain-text?

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Mark F

*.LDB files being generated by both Access 2003 and elsewhere by Access
Runtime 2002 from WinXP open in Notepad as unreadable gobbledegook such as
"†".

I must open these *.LDB files in Notepad using the Encoding: ANSI option
rather than the default Encoding: Unicode, for these Locking DataBase to open
as plain-text of the computer and user names.

This only affects one particular site, which has copies of the same
databases, group policies, WinXP image, Office distro, and Regional &
Language options.

When locking issues occur, at-least Access Runtime 2002 reports the computer
ID as a vague incremental count, and table IDs as bizarre pipe | characters.

Any ideas why *.LDB files are being created as ANSI vs. Unicode?
 

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