asked on Failing to compact BE
As previously advised to use the command prompt to compact the back end,below is the actual patch where my BE is:
C:\Users\chris\Desktop\Dat
(1) What do I need to do to start compacting it?
(2) Will it not ask for the password to open it since it is password protected, temporally the compact close is still on in the back , this means that if I open it and close it, it will start compacting .
Kindly use the above path to demonstrate how it is done !
Many thanks to you all
Regards
Chris
C:\Users\chris\Desktop\Dat
(1) What do I need to do to start compacting it?
(2) Will it not ask for the password to open it since it is password protected, temporally the compact close is still on in the back , this means that if I open it and close it, it will start compacting .
Kindly use the above path to demonstrate how it is done !
Many thanks to you all
Regards
Chris
Microsoft Access
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Norie
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But where do I put it ? is it on dose prompt example:
Cmd
Then does it mean that I have to supply a password each time I want to compact the BE?
Regards
Chris
Cmd
Then does it mean that I have to supply a password each time I want to compact the BE?
Regards
Chris
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First, what's the name of the database?
As for a password, you can supply that via the command prompt with the '/pwd' switch.
PS If the path to the database and/or the filename for the database contain spaces you'll need to use quotes.
So it might look something like this, which is currently untested.
msaccess.exe /pwd yourpassword /compact "C:\Users\chris\Desktop\Da