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I have an Acess 2000 database in MDE format, but I have lost the MDB. How I can open this !!? Thanks

Mar 20th, 2002 10:53
Nathan Clute, Information Technology, Tony Casmiri,

I assume of course you're referring to the orginal codes?  I am 
conducting a search myself.  Please let me know if any one shared with 
you any information on that.  But according to what I have read, 
official stand of Microsoft is NOT POSSIBLE.  But if the executable 
code is still in *.MDE, then there muse be a way to retrieve and de-
compile that back in to VBA code, right?  Please let me know what you 
think.  Thanks. :-)

Nathan: You can open the *.MDE using SQL Server.  Data Engines are 
compatible with SQL database structure.  You can install SQL reading 
capability from your MS Office CD-Rom by opening directory 
Sql\sqlsetup.exe  Otherwise do a search on cd and look for SQL.  As far 
as recovering the original MDB, your best bet would be a system restore 
(avail. Win ME or Win XP-Home) or downloading a shareware undelete 
software from softseek.com (this is possible because when a file is 
deleted only the link is deleted, not the actual file - - but you must 
act soon before that data on your harddrive is written over.)