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PC help: Can’t get Access to databases

Retrieve old Access files

Tim Smith, Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve 19 Nov 2007
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Q I have some database files that were created using Microsoft Access when I had a copy of Office 2000 Premium edition.

My new computer came with Office Home and Student 2007, which doesn’t have Access. Is there any way that I can retrieve these files, without having Access installed on my computer?
Dave Tolputt

A Excel will happily import Access database (MDB) files, although how well it imports them is another matter. If the Access database is complicated, it may not be possible to use Excel to disentangle it.

If, however, you just want to get to the tables of data contained inside the Access database, load it into Excel. To do so, click the File menu and Open, then select Access Databases from the dropdown list marked ‘Files of Type’ at the bottom of the dialogue box. Then navigate to the folder in which your database is stored and select it as normal.


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