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Article ID: 926802 - Last Review: October 15, 2007 - Revision: 1.2

You are not prompted to save a password when you link to an encrypted Access 2007 database

SYMPTOMS

You link to a table in an encrypted Microsoft Office Access 2007 database from another Access 2007 database. When you do this, you are not prompted to save the password for the encrypted database. Additionally, the password is saved as plain text within the binary file format of the Access 2007 database file in which you created the link.

CAUSE

This issue occurs when the Access 2007 database in which you created the link is not encrypted.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, you must encrypt any Access 2007 database that links to an encrypted Access 2007 database. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Open the Access 2007 database that you want to encrypt.
  2. On the Database Tools tab, click Encrypt with Password in the Database Tools group.
  3. In the Set Database Password dialog box, type a password into the Password box, and then type the same password into the Verify box.
  4. Click OK, and then save the database.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how Access 2007 helps protect your databases, see the "Security and privacy" topic in the Access 2007 Help file.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Access 2007
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