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Symptoms if you will be in earlier versions of MicrosoftAccess from a computer to another computer, and you create a database file and then try to open it on another computer, the database Microsoft Access 2002, in Microsoft Office Access 20 03, and Microsoft Office Access 2007, you receive the following message: You are attempting to open a read-only database.

When you first open an earlier version database, you must be able to write the changes to the database. FAILED to TRANSLATE sentence have * You may open the command in the Open dialog box by selecting Read-only mode. Do not select this command to open the database for the first time. FAILED to TRANSLATE sentence Note that Microsoftofficexp has built-in features that allow you to get detailed information about an alert or error message that is difficult to resolve. If you want to turn on this feature for this and microsoftofficexp, other error messages in the Download extended Alert button: OfficeXP load from the following Microsoftofficeupdateweb site "": http:// Www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? Familyid=8fbee1d3-c5bb-4a36-a2f7-dc63de2a818c&displaylang=en (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ Details.aspx? familyid=8fbee1d3-c5bb-4a36-a2f7-dc63de2a818c&displaylang=en)

Note: If you click the error message, the WEB information in this article already has the customizable alert turned on. The reason file read-only property may be set. This occurs automatically if you move a file by using a writeable disc (CD-R) or a rewritable disc (CD-RW). The solution must reset all Access files for read-only properties, such as. mdb and. MDW, which you move through a CD-R or CD-RW.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the desktop, double-click My Computer.

2. Locate the MicrosoftAccess database and move it.

3. Right-click the database name, and then clicking Properties.

4. In the Properties dialog box, clear the Read-only check box under properties.

5. Click OK to apply the changes.

6. Open a database in Access

Note that you will no longer receive the messages mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

More information This behavior can also occur if you use a CD-R or CD-RW distribution file with user-level security and a workgroup information file (. mdw) to the target computer. If you experience this problem, follow the "Workaround" section of this article to clear the read-only property that accompanies the. mdw file.