Microsoft KB Archive/120147

PRB: Error Msg: “Can’t Open File ‘C:.MDA’”

PSS ID Number: Q120147 Article last modified on 03-13-1995

2.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you start Microsoft Access, you receive the error message

Can’t open file ‘C:.MDA’

followed by similar messages for the other Microsoft Access Wizard files. Finally you receive the error message:

Some library modules could not be loaded. Click OK or press ENTER to continue

= CAUSE =

Microsoft Access needs to open the Wizard files (files with names beginning with “WZ and ending with”.MDA&quot;) in read/write mode. If these files cannot be opened in read/write mode, Microsoft Access returns the error messages stated above.

= RESOLUTION =

Make sure that the Wizard files can be opened in read/write mode by checking the following items:


 * Make sure that the Read Only property is not set for any of the Wizard files using File Manager.
 * Make sure that the Wizard files are not in a read-only drive or directory.
 * Make sure that you have write permission on the Wizard files.

Note that when Microsoft Access is installed on a network, Setup places files that cannot be read-only in the WORKDIR subdirectory.

= REFERENCES =

For more information about using Microsoft Access on a network, see the following topics in the ACREADME.HLP file:


 * Network Installations
 * Setting Up Microsoft Access on a Network File Server

Additional reference words: 2.00 system.mda wzquery.mda wztable.mda KBCategory: kbsetup kberrmsg KBSubcategory: StpNetinst ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1995.