ACC2000: Error Message: Can't Open or Convert This Previous Version Database

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This article was previously published under Q224341

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

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

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Error message

In Microsoft Access 2000, when you try to convert a security-enhanced Access database that was created in an earlier version of Access, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Access can't open or convert this previous version database.

The database was created in an earlier version of Access. You don't have appropriate security permissions to open or convert databases created in earlier versions.

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Cause

The current user account doesn't have permission to convert or enable this database. To convert or enable a database, the following conditions must have been met:

You must join the workgroup that defines the user accounts used to access the database.
Your user account must have Open/Run and Open Exclusive permissions for the database object.
Your user account must have Modify Design or Administer permissions for all the tables, including system tables, in the database, or it must be the owner of all tables in the database.
Your user account must have Read Design permission for all objects in the database.
Request that other users close the database.

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Things to try

To resolve this problem, try one of the following:

If you are a member of the Admins group, change the permissions on the system tables to include Administer.
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Have the database owner convert the file.

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Import the objects from the security-enhanced database into a new database. This method is the least desirable because it will remove the existing security settings from the file.

For more information about changing permissions, how to determine the owner of a database, or how to import objects from a security-enhanced database into a new database, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

232589� ACC2000: Error Message "The Current user account doesn't have permission to convert or enable this database"

If the resolutions outlined in article Q232589 do not resolve your problem, we will need more information about your specific situation in order to determine why you got this error message. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services.