If you're trying to open/restore an .mdb file from a CD, you will get Error 3051. Jet/Access can't open an .mdb file which is in a read-only folder/environment (like a CD). Copy it to your hard drive and try to open it from there. Access 97 has no issues with long file names. Margaret Blackmon Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL wrote: > The name might be too long for Clooz, not for Win XP. Clooz 1.23 was > written in Access 97, which by today's standards, has a lot of quirks. > > Liz > > At 09:09 AM 7/13/2006, Dick Davis wrote: >> I dont' think that Windows XP is a problem with the file name, as >> there can be 128 characters in the file name - now it does make the >> indexing of the file system take longer - but that was one of the >> larger benefits that came early on - as I have my archives as >> "Clooz2a-2006-JUL-13-001" >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: "Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL" <liz@ancestordetective.com> >> To: Clooz-L@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:44:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [Clooz] unable to restore backup from cd >> >> >> Laura, why don't you do in to Windows Explorer and delete all the >> dates so the file is just called taylor.mdb and try again. The name >> might be too long. >> >> Liz >> >> At 09:37 PM 7/12/2006, LAURA Taylor-Hanson wrote: >> >I need some help. I archived my data on a rewritable cd and when I >> >tried to restore it, I get a screen that says the following: "Error >> >3051, The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file >> >D:\050418_040828_040827_taylor.mdb. It is already opened exclusively >> >by another user or you need permission to view its data. >> >mdlUtility:fnAttachTables." I have version 1.23 and have just >> >ordered the version 2 today. All my files have .mdb on them and have >> >quite a bit of data on the taylor.mdb. What am I doing wrong? Thanks >> >for any help you can provide. I was doing quite a bit of genealogy >> >until I hit roadblocks. >> > >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's >> >FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >> > >> > >> >============================== >> >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > >> >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >