Article ID: 202171
Article Last Modified on 7/28/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q202171
This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
For a Microsoft Access 2002 version of this article, see
289681.
SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a database that is located on a server,
you may receive the following error message:
Couldn't use <filename>; file already in use.
CAUSE
If a user opens a database and doesn't have create rights for the folder in
which the database is located, the Microsoft Jet database engine can't
create the locking information file (*.ldb) that is necessary for multiple
users to open the database. Therefore, a user who doesn't have create
rights opens the database exclusively if a corresponding .ldb file does not
already exist.
RESOLUTION
To prevent this behavior, you must make sure that all users who open the database
have read, write, and create rights for the folder in which the database
is located.
If you are using a security-enhanced Access database, you must make sure that the users who open the database
also have Read permission and Write permission on the folder that contains the workgroup information (.mdw) file.
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
210178
Contents of the Readme file for Access 2000
Additional query words: couldn t use filename file already inNovell NetWare
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