Converting .MDE to .MDB

Methos
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I am helping a friend with an old access file that is compiled into an .MDE file.    If possible, we need to get the reports and forms out of it.  I know its not easy to convert an .mde to an .mdb, but is it possible?

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Wayne Philips has a website offering the service of restoring the code.
https://www.everythingaccess.com/

He comes highly recommended.
Jim Dettman (EE MVE)President / Owner
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Ditto what Anders said.

Jim.
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I've seen this site before.  I was hoping to learn how I can do it myself.
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Jim Dettman (EE MVE)President / Owner
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Wayne is the only one outside of Microsoft that I know of that has the knowledge to do it.

Jim
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Understood.  Thanks.
Jim Dettman (EE MVE)President / Owner
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Just to be clear,  it would most likely take you a few years to be able to reverse engineer the db format and the vba pseudo code format.

 In fact it’s such a task,  I’ve often wondered how Wayne managed to pull it off.

 Guess he’s far smarter than I<g>
DatabaseMX (Joe Anderson - Microsoft Access MVP)Database Architect / Application Developer
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You will need to prove ownership to Wayne btw ....

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