Microsoft KB Archive/88649

= ACC: Opening Databases as Read-Only Causes Error Message =

Article ID: 88649

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q88649



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SUMMARY
When you open a database, you may receive the following error message:

Database ' ' is read-only. You won't be able to save changes made to data or object definitions in this database.&quot;



MORE INFORMATION
This error may occur if you open a database under the following three conditions:


 * The file is read-only, whether or not its file attribute is set to read-only.
 * The folder in which the file resides is read-only.
 * You are using the /Ro command line parameter.

You can use the Microsoft Access security features to make all the objects in a database read-only without having to implement any of the items above.

