The IniPath property is set to the path to the Windows registry because .ini files are no longer used by Microsoft Jet. Use the SystemDB property of the Database object to point to the workgroup information file you want to use. The SystemDB property sets or returns the path for the current location of the workgroup information file. DAO 3.5 added the SetOption method to the DBEngine object, which you can use to override registry values during the current instance of DAO.