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Article ID: 317708 - Last Review: January 6, 2005 - Revision: 4.0
You receive an "Unknown" or a "Workgroup Administrator couldn't create the workgroup information file" error message when you open a database or a table in Access 2002
This article was previously published under Q317708
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user
computers.
This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).
When you try to open a Microsoft Access table from the
Database window, you receive the following error message:
When
you try to open an Access database (.mdb) or to run Workgroup Administrator, you
may receive the following error message:
Workgroup
Administrator couldn't create the workgroup information file. Make sure you
have specified a valid path and file name, that you have adequate permissions
to create the file, and you have enough disk space on the destination
drive. (-3100)
The file Msjtes40.dll is not correctly registered.
- Quit Access if it is open.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type the following line in the Open box, and then click OK.
- If you are running Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft
Windows Millennium Edition, or Microsoft Windows XP:
regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\msjtes40.dll
- If you are running Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft
Windows 2000:
regsvr32.exe C:\WINNT\system32\msjtes40.dll
- Restart Access, and then open your database
file.
- In the Database window, try to open one of the
tables.
Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
- Quit Access if it is open.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type the following line into the Open box, and then click OK:
regsvr32.exe /u C:\WINNT\system32\msjtes40.dll
- Restart Access, and then open the Northwind sample
database.
- In the Database window, try to open one of the
tables.
Note that you receive the error message that is mentioned in
the "Symptoms" section of this article.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
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