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Article ID: 819780 - Last Review: July 27, 2006 - Revision: 1.8
Access 2003 or Access 2002 stops responding with an error message that references the Msaccess.exe file when you open a database file
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about the program error that you just experienced. After investigating error
reports provided by users like you, our engineers devised a workaround for this
problem. This article contains information that may help you avoid this problem
in the future.
Error Signature
This article describes a program error that can have the following
error signatures:
App Name App Version Module Name Module Version Offset
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Msaccess.exe 11.0.4920.5 Msaccess.exe 11.0.4920.5 000cd42c
In this signature, the
App Version and the
Module Version is a number equal to or greater than
11.0.4920.5.
SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a Microsoft Access database file
(.mdb) in Microsoft Office Access 2003 or in Microsoft Access 2002, you may receive the following error
message, and Access 2003 or Access 2002 may stop responding:
Microsoft
Office Access has encountered a problem and needs to close.
To view the details of the error signature, click the link in the
following text:
What does this error report
contain?
When you view the data in the error report, the report
contains an error signature that is similar to the one that is listed at the
beginning of this article.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when both of the following conditions
are true:
- The database file that you are trying to open is
read-only.
- The database file contains Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA) code that is executed when you open the file and that
contains a reference to a printer that cannot be resolved. The printer may be
offline or removed from the network.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps.
Note These steps use the undocumented /decompile switch to decompile the Access 2003 or the Access 2002 database.
- Right-click the database file, and then click
Properties.
- In the Properties dialog box, on the
General tab, click to clear the Read-only
check box, and then click OK.
- Click Start, and then click
Run.
- Type the following command:
msaccess.exe "drive\path\file name.mdb" /decompile
Note In this command, drive is the drive
in which the Access 2003 or Access 2002 database file resides,
path is the path of the Access 2003 or Access 2002 database file,
and file name is the name of the Access 2003 or Access 2002 database file. - Click OK.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Access 2003
- Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
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