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No Installable ISAM

Anonymous
2015-11-30T06:34:25+00:00

I'm using an .mdb file in Access 2016 under Win 10, and get the error "Can't find installable ISAM." This is my Christmas card list of names and addresses and it worked under Access 2013. All I want to do is open the file - not merge it or use any kind of code, just open it. Is there a file missing from my conversion of Access up to 2016?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-30T12:17:28+00:00

    This generally means you don't have the right drivers on the machine. You can download the Access 2010 runtime engine, and that may give you what you need:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10910

    A better solution moving forward is this - if this is your own personal file, and it's NOT shared or used by others, then convert it up to the newer .accdb format and be done with it. You may need to do this in an earlier version of Access, depending on the version of that file.

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