ACC: "Can't Encrypt Database" Error Message Is Misleading
ID: Q162089
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97
SUMMARY
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
When you try to encrypt a database, you may receive the following error
message:
You can't encrypt a database that you didn't create or don't own. See
the owner of the database or your workgroup administrator.
This message is incomplete. It should also include being a member of the
Admins group of the system database that was in use when the database was
created as a requirement for encrypting the database.
MORE INFORMATION
The requirements for encrypting a database are as follows:
Microsoft Access requires that one of the following be true for the person
trying to encrypt a database:
- The person is the owner of the database.
- The person is the creator of the database.
- The person is a member of the Admins group in the workgroup (the default
name is system.mdw) that was in use when the database was created.
NOTE: Encrypting a database compacts the database file and makes it
unreadable by a utility program or word processor. It is used to prevent
someone using a file or disk editor from reading or writing data directly
to an .MDB file, bypassing the Microsoft Jet database engine.
REFERENCES
For more information about encrypting a database, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q140406 ACC: How Microsoft Access Uses Encryption
Keywords : kberrmsg
Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :