Resolving “Cannot access MDB files on Windows” error message

There are times when you may need some information from a MDB file. But when you try to open the file you receive an error message saying:

“Cannot access MDB files on Windows”
Cause of the Error

There can be various reasons behind the occurrence of the aforementioned error message. Whenever you get the above specified error message while trying to open a MDB file first of all check whether MS Access is installed on your system or not. This message usually occurs when Windows fail to find a program to open the file. Other reason behind this error message can be damaged or missing MS Access registry key. In cases when MS Access registry key is damaged file does not open and this error message gets displayed.

Now let us come to the solution of this problem. Whenever this error message restrain you from opening the MDB file just check whether MS Access is installed on your system or not. If MS Access is not installed, then install it to open and access the file. Now try to open the file and if the same error gets displayed then reinstall MS Access Repair  the registry key. If none of these conditions is true, then there are possibilities that the file is corrupt. For dealing with corruption you can use an effective and efficient Access database repair tool.

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