Peter

Hi Wellread1, Thankyou for your suggestions. I'm still trying to resolve this, but have not had a chance to look at it since friday. To answer your points - yes, I have some special characters in my password which need shift+keypress No, there are no leading or trailing spaces in it, Yes, as mentioned, I have revealed the p/w i'm entering Yes, 'Remember key sources' is checked in the options - I dont quite follow what I should be checking for here ? (I'm only using a master password and the actual...

Thanks Paul - That helps to know I could just have the password - as thats what I thought. I found a backup from 2015 - which was a backup I'd taken of my dropbox folder - I get the same result with that. I would almost go as far to say that I would put my life on my password being correct - Or rather what I think I'm entering. I have obviously clicked to reveal the password I've typed before entering. I use a wireless keyboard - so I''ve also tried typing the p/w directly on the laptop. The last...

Thanks for your reply... I dont believe I used a key file or Windows User Account Just the database file and the master password - is that possible ? and if not - how could I track a key file ?

Windows 10 Pro Keepass 2.52 "Failed to load the specified file" & "The master key is invalid!" Hi - I cant open my keepass database (file). I am sure I am using the correct password (I've not changed it for years and also broke into my sealed and hidden envelope to double check it). (I have worked in IT all my working career - now retired - and am absolutely sure I have the correct password and have not changed it) It feels like it stopped working following my last keepass upgrade (to 2.52) (but...