[mdb-dev] Opening .mdb without .mdw?

[David A. <do...@ny...>]

Hi,

My name is David Ackerman and I have been trying to use mdb-tools to
open a recovered .mdb access database. The database is not able to be
opened in any versions of access, due to privilege problems. My
coworkers and I have narrowed the problem down to a missing .mdw, or
workgroup file, that access uses to store user and security
information. It seems that we cannot open this database without the
workgroup file. I have tried using mdb-export, to convert the file to
csv tables and reimport them into a new database, but I am unable to
do this because mdb-tables gives me the error that the file is not a
proper database file. Mdb-tools recognizes the file as a jet4 database
and we have no reason to believe it has been corrupted, though, so it
is probably due to the missing mdw file. I am wondering if mdb-tools
is the right software for me to be using to try and get around this
privileges issue, and if so, what the recommended way of going about
it would be. I appreciate any input on this issue.

Thank You,
David Ackerman