Hi Gary,

You must specify systemdb in connectstring

...;SYSTEMDB=F:\\secured.mdw;User=Lamont;Pwd=Lamont

MartinJ

>Hi All!
>
>I have a MS Access database that is password locked, but I have the password.
>My problem is I need to access one table in the the database to extract data but the program needs to run automatically.
>How can one "OPEN" the MS Acces database?
>
>Thanks
>
>Gary