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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills. SYMPTOMSWhen you try to start Microsoft Access by using the /pwd command-line option to open a database that is password-protected, the Logon dialog box is displayed, even if you supply the correct password. CAUSEThe /pwd option is used to provide the user-level security account password, not the database password. RESOLUTIONIn order to use the /pwd command-line option to start Microsoft Access, implement User-Level Security. MORE INFORMATIONMicrosoft Access offers two way to protect a database with a password:
The Security Account password is used when you define user-level security for a workgroup. With user-level security, you must type a username and a password to open a database. After the database is open, your username determines the type of access you have to each object in the database. When you use the /pwd command-line option, it always applies to a Security Account password. You may also see this behavior if you are using user-level security and you do not supply the correct user-level password. In this case as well, you do not receive an error message. Important: Please make sure you are using the correct case as well. If, for instance, you have assigned the password "oneSock" to yourself, then you try using the the password "onesock" with the /pwd command-line option, Access prompts you for the password and you receive no error. Steps to Reproduce Behavior
"c:\program files\microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe" "c:\program files\microsoft office\office\samples\northwind.mdb" /pwd northwind
REFERENCESFor more information about the differences between security account
passwords and a database password, click Microsoft Access Help on the
Help menu, type Protecting a Microsoft Access database in the Office Assistant or
the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic. Additional query words:
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