open a secured 2003 DB in access 2016

[drasmuss1970]

I have a secured database (2003) that is working fine in Access 2010, (MDB & MDW) we now have to upgrade to 2016. When I try to open it says it can t open db from previous versions...is there any way to open and use this 2003 secured DB.....We really need this secured db. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!

 

[CJ_London]

are you sure it is 2003 and not 2002 or earlier? If earlier you will need to upgrade it to 2003 (using access 2003) to continue to use it

 

[drasmuss1970]

yes I installed 2003 on a PC (because I thought it was an earlier version) but is 2003

 

[CJ_London]

2003 will run earlier databases, in much the same way 2007 will. So just because you have 2003 installed, does not mean the database is a 2003 database. That would only apply if you developed the app in 2003.

 

[drasmuss1970]

In access 2003 I opened the db I go into tools/database utilities/convert database- the only options to convert to is access 97 & 2000. access 2002-2003 is grayed out (so I assumed it is already 2003)

 

[CJ_London]

fair enough. did a bit of looking around and found this link which may help

https://www.thegrideon.com/mdb-mdw-in-new-msaccess.html

 

[drasmuss1970]

Thank you I will take a look at that link