Join a Microsoft Access workgroup using the Workgroup Administrator

1. Exit Microsoft Access.
   
   
2. To start the Workgroup Administrator, open the language folder, and then double-click Wrkgadm.exe. Alternatively, you can use the MS Access Workgroup Administrator shortcut in the \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office folder.
   
   
3. In the Workgroup Administrator dialog box, click Join.
   
   
4. Type the path and name of the workgroup information file that defines the Microsoft Access workgroup you want to join, and then click OK, or click Browse and then use the Select Workgroup Information File dialog box to locate the workgroup information file.

   The next time you start Microsoft Access, it uses the user and group accounts and passwords stored in the workgroup information file for the workgroup you joined.

Important   If you are setting up user-level security and need to make sure that your workgroup and its permissions can't be duplicated, you should make sure the workgroup information file that defines the workgroup you're joining has been created with a unique workgroup ID (WID). If such a workgroup information file doesn't exist, you should create one. For information on creating a new workgroup information file, click .