You can create an MDE after opening the database in "shared mode," but no
other user or process can be using the database while you are creating the
MDE, so you don't actually *have to be* in "exclusive mode" to create the
MDE.
Check the "Can't make an MDE!" checklist at the following Web page to help
you determine why you can't create the MDE database:
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