There is a utility in the files section here (by Eric Moreau) that retrieves passwords from Access 97 databases. Don't know if it works with .mdw's but you might want to give it a try.

On your other question, depending on your account setup the text from the previous message is automatically added and marked with ">". It's a user preference.

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>I am attempting to use the connect as suggested but I am having a problem with the opendatabase.
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>How do I use OpenDatabase if the Database has a sytemdb.mdw with User and password?
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>Set db = OpenDatabase("c:\test.mdb", True, False, ??????)
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>I can open any databases that don't have a systemdb.mdw fine.
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>Thanks,
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>Nichole
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>PS: When you guys reply to the thread how come the previous message always shows up? When I reply I just get a blank message. Are you copying and pasting? It looks like when you reply to an email and the last message shows up. I know this is probably a really stupid question but I had to ask.