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Indeed. Thanks!

It's worked! Rebooting worked! Real magic does exist. Thanks everyone for your advice. Now I'm gonna create a backup, i've learned my lesson for today.

I've already checked, msaccess.exe isn't running. Rebooting is no use then?

There is no lock file to see, so I cannot delete that. Ok, i'm gonna reboot if that's what the experts are saying...wish me luck.

Nope, thats why I'm desperate

Hi, I'm an amateur Access user, who has built up a dbase of considerable complexity over the years. Just how amateur I am: I've accidentally clicked on the Compact/Repair button, when I was not intending to do anything of the sort. The database went white, I got scared and closed it. (Why...