Password Help

A

aranuc

I have taken over a FE/BE database, the backend is password protected. I need
to get into the back end to change the layout of the database but no one
knows the password to get into it. Is there any way to get around the
password or just get rid of it all together?
 
J

Jerry Whittle

If you do a google there are some Access password crackers out there for a
price.

Since it's a BE and you have tables linked to the FE, there may be another
option. You could extract the existing data into Excel worksheets then import
that data into a new database file. Then link the FE to this new file.

Problems:

1. Any constraints such as unique indexes; primary keys; relationships,
etc., will be missing from the new database.

2. It's possible that someone designed the BE with lookup tables that you
can't see directly. That could be trouble.

Have you tried to open up the Database Properties on the FE? It's possible
that the original designer left their name, phone number, or email address
there. I do when I create a database for a client.
 

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