An Error has Occurred: Unrecognized database format

[menderle]

I recently had EA version 12.0.1215 installed.  A co-worker who is using version 10.0.1009 sent me a .eap file.

When trying to import the .eap file, I am receiving the message "An Error has Occurred: Unrecognized database format".

When trying to repair the file, I received the message "The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object "Databases"".

It is also been suggested to try opening the file in MS Access. We are on Office 365.   When trying to open the file I received the message "Cannot open a database created with a previous version of your application".

What are suggestions to try to resolve this issue?

Thanks.

[qwerty]

Try the following:
-open a dummy EAP
-Configure/Check Integrity/Manage .EAP/Repair

If that does not help: go to your backup. You have one, don't you?

q.

[Geert Bellekens]

Also check try the option "use Jet4".
If your colleague is using Jet4 and you are not I think you would get an error like this.

Geert

PS. really version 10 and 12? Are you also still on Windows XP and Windows 2000?

[ZorroOP]

Hi Menderle, I see that you are facing the usual “Unrecognized database format” error.

Workaround 1

Steps
   Click on Start button, and type Command. Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
   Copy and paste the following into the command prompt window:
REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters /v DisableLeasing /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f NET STOP SERVER NET START SERVER
   Exit the command prompt window.
After these steps, try to open your Access database. If you are still getting the ‘Access database in inconsistent state’ error, skip to the next solution.
Workaround 2 – Run ‘Compact and Repair’ Utility

Workaround 3 – Import Data to a New Database
Steps
   In MS Access, click on External Data tab in the top navigation menu and select the “Import Access Database” option.
   Select the ‘Import tables, forms, reports, macros, and modules into the current database’ option and press the OK button.
   In ‘Import Objects’ dialog box that opens, select the database objects you want to import into the new db and then click OK.
If this still doesn’t resolve your concern and if all of your files were not recovered this might mean that the data has been corrupted to a much higher level. In that case here is a https://www.stellarinfo.com/access-database-repair.php which would help you.

I hope this you. Cheers