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ACC2000: Cannot See All Extensions in the Files of Type List

Article ID: 200906

Article Last Modified on 6/28/2004

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q200906
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SYMPTOMS

When you click either Microsoft Access or Data Files, in the Files of type list, for the following dialog boxes you cannot see the entire list of extensions for Microsoft Access or Data Files:

Open
Export <object name>
Import
Link

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The complete list of extensions for Microsoft Access is:

*.mdb; *.adp; *.mdw; *.mda; *.mde; *.ade

The complete list of extensions for Data Files is:

*.mdb; *.adp; *.mdw; *.mda; *.mde; *.ade; *.txt;
*.csv; *.tab; *.asc; *.xls; *.dbf; *.db



For more information about other extensions, such as XLS and HTML, not appearing in the Files of Type list, please see the following knowledge base article:

292269: ACC2000: Unable to Import Excel Spreadsheets and HTML Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292269

Additional query words: pra get external data link tables

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB200906


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