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I have a database I created in Access 2013 with FE BE. Recently I moved over to a solid state drive and copied the database files onto it. I am now using Access 2016. If I boot to the old mechanical drive I can open the database – no problem. But on the new drive which I use all the time the database will not open. I can open the BE okay, but when I try the FE even using the bypass key I get to the container for a second and it shuts down. I have been working on a new database regularly so I know the problem is not with Access. On the mechanical drive the files are both in Documents, and likewise on the new drive. Any ideas?

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How did you copy the databases? Did you clone the source hard-drive onto the new target SSD? If not clone or full image backup/restore, how did you move from source HD to target HD? Reason for asking: I’m suspecting a few hidden files belonging to Access Operations did not make from source to target.

"Take care of thy backups and thy restores shall take care of thee." Ben Franklin, revisted

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I just did a normal copy – paste. I kept backups of the file in several places and have tried copying from each to no avail. And like I said, the back-end opens no problem. I even tried opening the back-end and then the front-end. It’s a puzzler! Thanks for giving it a thought.

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Is the username the same when booting between the new and old drives?

The reason I ask is the documents folder will be in c:usersusernamedocuments

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You may have something there. I will have to check that out. Thanks.

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You are right. My user name is different. I cannot imagine I ever would have thought of that. thanks again.

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