r/MSAccess • u/EnvironmentCold3724 • 8d ago

[WAITING ON OP] Cant open .accdb file

I have .accdb file but it has a password which I dont remember anyway to unlock the file. I also dont have ms access in my laptop. So can anybody suggest a working solution?

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Cant open .accdb file

I have .accdb file but it has a password which I dont remember anyway to unlock the file. I also dont have ms access in my laptop. So can anybody suggest a working solution?

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u/George_Hepworth 4 8d ago

You didn't mention how you obtained that accdb and that's kind of important in deciding what to suggest.

If it's something you just found on the internet and decided to investigate, for example, that's one whole discussion.

If you have had it for a while, and truly used to know the password and just forgot it, that's another discussion.

The previous replies pretty much cover the most common scenarios.

It would be useful, though, to consider the provenance of this accdb in offering advice.

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u/SuchDogeHodler 8d ago

https://www.alexnolan.net/software/mdb_viewer_plus.htm

MDB Viewer Plus is a free Windows program to open, view, edit, and search Microsoft Access (.mdb and .accbd) files without needing Microsoft Access.

If the file is .accbd and the DB is internally password locked.... your screwed...

The database is ASE-256 encrypted making it Hipaa and NSA compliant and the password is not stored internally.... only solution is a brute force password breaker.

If the file is .mdb then this will work. https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/accesspv.html

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u/nrgins 487 8d ago

You could download a free version of the access runtime from the Microsoft website which will allow you to use the file but not make any design changes to it.

But the password is another matter. Without the password you won't be able to open it unless you use some kind of utility that can crack that for you.

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u/kenmex_ 1 8d ago

If you don't have access installed this is not going to work, but anyway. You can keep pressing Ctrl key while double clicking to open the access file and it will bypass the password if it is a user form or something like that. 

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u/nrgins 487 8d ago

You mean the shift key, not the control key

Also the access runtime is available for free from the Microsoft website for anyone who doesn't have access installed