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    justEverybody is offline Novice
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    Invald Path Error


    hello, it may be towards the end of 2014, but I still have a problem with a document that I created some time ago. The warning message reads: A is not a valid path. After looking through all of the solutions that you great people propose below, I still have not been able to solve the problem. All I know is: I created the database back in 2001 with Access 2000 which I still use. My computer uses Windows Vista. Any suggestions for someone who doesn't have any design knowledge?

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    Problem with what document? What triggers the error?
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    justEverybody is offline Novice
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    Hello, agin from my previous 2 emails today, I made a mistake in that my version of Access is now 2007. It looks like I created it in Access 2007. I hope this correction helps

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    Same issue, same questions.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    Not enough info. Tell more about your dB.

    What is a "document"? Do you mean a form? A report? A MS Word document?

    When do you get the error? When the dB is opened? When you click on a button?

    Remember, we have never seen your dB.............

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    justEverybody is offline Novice
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    Hello, Steve,

    I think I am replying in the right space! I created a MS Access database for some household inventory. It used to work just fine, but a couple of months ago, it stopped working. I get the error once I try to click on the actual database within the document. Across the top it does say: "Database (Access 2000 file format) - Microsoft Access" Again, I created the database in 2001 using Access 2000. For a couple of years, I have been using Access 2007, and the database used to open using this. It is an .mdb document. When I click on the file to open it, it goes to "All Access Objects" with the word Table underneath and with the name of the file underneath that. When I let my mouse hover over the file name, it says: Inventory.txt in A:\ Even I haven't used A drive in several years!

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    Just a slight correction to terminology. Access db is not a 'document', it is an application. You don't click 'database' within 'document'. You click objects within the database app. It is not name of a 'file' that is listed, it is name of a table. If the listed tables show an arrow on the left side and the popup shows a drive path, then these are links. The actual tables are in another file, probably an Access db.

    If you want to provide db (frontend and backend) for analysis, follow instructions at bottom of my post.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    justEverybody is offline Novice
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    Hello, again,

    June 7, how do I send the attachment just to you? I will gladly share what works with the group, but I would rather not share the actual file.
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Inventory-Jewelry is a link to an external text file. It does show the path is the A: drive. Nobody has used A: or B: drives (they were for floppies) in years. No idea how the path was modified but if you still need this link then suggest you re-set it with the Linked Table Manager. Right click on the link.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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