Compact and repair messes with user access

[sudhirhinduja]

Hello,

I am trying to do a compact and repair on my database but when I do that I find that my database which is on the server is not recognized by the 9 other client machines.

My shortcut which uses a workgroup file is on each machine and was working fine until yesterday. Once I perform a compact and repair the clients say that they cannot find the file on the server.

Howcome the compact and repair operation is screwing up with the accessibility of the file?

Please advise.

Thanks,