Microsoft KB Archive/209825

= ACC2000: Opening Databases as Read-Only Causes Error Message =

Article ID: 209825

Article Last Modified on 6/24/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q209825



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

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).



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

The database ' ' is read-only.

You won't be able to save changes made to data or object definitions in this database.



MORE INFORMATION
You may receive this message 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.

Additional query words: you won t be able to save changes made to data or object definitions in this database

Keywords: kbinfo kbenv KB209825

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