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    bell is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Exclamation How to get into Password Protected Database

    Hi all,



    I was given the task of updating my company's old database. The previous database was made by a employee who was terminated. The design of the database was awful, so I ended up redesigning the whole thing. Now, I need to try to import all the data from the previous database, so my company will not lose anything. Unfortunately, the back-end of the database is password protected. When I attempt to open it, I get the prompt "Password Required Enter database password:". Is there anyway to get around entering the password? We tried the terminated employees old computer password, but that wasn't it.

    I'm using Access 2002 if that helps.

    Thanks for the help.

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    check the Front end app. It may be embedded in the code.
    check the links too, hoover the cursor over the table, it may show there.

    or you can ask the employee for the password

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    bell is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Quote Originally Posted by ranman256 View Post
    check the Front end app. It may be embedded in the code.
    check the links too, hoover the cursor over the table, it may show there.

    or you can ask the employee for the password
    The guy was terminated from the job back in the early 2000s, pretty sure he won't answer any of our calls.

    And I cant view the code, when I open up Visual Basic from the front end and try to view code for a form, I get the popup "Project Locked Project is unviewable".

    Starting to feel like he made this impossible to screw with the company.

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    Long time since I used 2002, the following refers to 2007 and later but the principle is the same

    in the front end can you see the navigation window? If so, view the system tables (if you can't see them go to File>Options>Current database>Navigation Options and tick show system objects) - also ensure 'Display Navigation Pane' is ticked

    Now open the MSysObjects table and look down the connect column where you will see something like 'MS Access;PWD=password;'

    If the password has been hardcoded and the front end is .mde then open the file in notepad to see all the code then search for 'P W D' - note the spaces

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