Potential security problems

[stattovic]

Hello,

I run a large database using Access for compiling cricket statistics. The database was made by a friend in South Africa. Recently I asked him for an added feature to renumber the files etc, and he send me an e-mail with a file renum.mdb.

For some reason I cannot open this file, the message I get is:

Microsoft Access cannot open this file.

The file is located outside your intranet or on an untrusted site. Microsoft Access will not open the file due to potential security problems.

To open the file, copy to your machine or an accessible network location.

I am not too technical when it comes to these issues, is there anyone out there who could help, I would be very grateful.

Victor​

 

[nikkypickles]

This might be a dumb question, but have you actually saved the email attachment to your own machine?

 

[stattovic]

Yes I think so

I saved the e-mail attachment to my computer, in the same folder as the Database file. I still get the same message sadly.