Database won’t open (2000)

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I tried to open a database earlier, only to be greeted with the following message:

The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object ‘databases.’ Make sure the object exists and that you spelt its name and the path name correctly.

I have tried open the database by double-clicking the file icon in explorer, choosing open file from inside access and have attempted to import it into a new database – still the same message. I’ve looked on technet but can’t find anything helpful.

Any suggestions or is this a case of terminal corruption?

ps. the file hasn’t been modified in 5 months

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I recently went through the same thing working with Access97 on Win95 with Novell network. Turned out to be the Novell client that was the culprit. You could try repairing/compacting the database. If this doesn’t work you could try importing all objects into a new db but if you can’t open it, it’s not likely this will work. Is the file on a network file server? Could you restore from tape?

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Tried compact and repair but I just get the same message. There seems to be no way to get at the file.
The file is on a server, trouble is I don’t think our backups go far enough back to include a different version of the database.
I’m guessing the last time it was modified it got corrupted but its unlikely I’ll be able to get a backup of the database before this time.

Any opinion on whether it might be worth buying some recovery software?

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So sorry to hear that, Darsha. I’ve had no experience with recovery software but here’s a site in UK that does repair work I got from a search on google:

Click Here

Maybe someone else here has had some experience with this sort of thing. Good luck to you!

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OfficeRecovery has a demo on his site. Maybe you can try it before buying.

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Just tried the Access recovery tool demo from OfficeRecovery, works like a charm. Now I need to persuade someone to buy the full version.

Thanks everyone

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I have been able to open up databases by using the /decompile option and holding down the shift key at the same time. Search the forum for the posts on decompile .

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