ok have a few problems. my psych is working on some hoping you can do rest,
home pc not hooked up to network.
running access 02
installed through office xp
tried to open a new data base, constantly getting messages stating:
Work Group adminstrator couldn't create the workgroup information file. Make
sure you have specified a valid path and file name(.. i did), that you have
adequate permissions to create file( i do, logged in as admin), and that you
have enough disk space on the destination drive(..65gig) error code (-3100)

then the next error message states:
Access couldn't find file 'filepath/system.mdw'. tis file is needed for
startup.
perfomed a search for that file couldn't find it. went to access- workgruops
admin- create to try and make one nothing happened.. i'm stuck any suggestions

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> ok have a few problems. my psych is working on some hoping you can do rest,
> home pc not hooked up to network.
> running access 02
> installed through office xp
> tried to open a new data base, constantly getting messages stating:
> Work Group adminstrator couldn't create the workgroup information file. Make
> sure you have specified a valid path and file name(.. i did), that you have
> adequate permissions to create file( i do, logged in as admin), and that you
> have enough disk space on the destination drive(..65gig) error code (-3100)
>
> then the next error message states:
> Access couldn't find file 'filepath/system.mdw'. tis file is needed for
> startup.
> perfomed a search for that file couldn't find it. went to access- workgruops
> admin- create to try and make one nothing happened.. i'm stuck any suggestions

On a WinXP box this would usually indicate that the Windows user profile
currently logged in has insufficient authority to create a file where Access is
attempting to create it. Are you logged is as someone with "Admin" authority
(in Windows that is, not Access).

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"Rick Brandt" wrote:

> "G" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B699AB01-7655-4D5F-A6CC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > ok have a few problems. my psych is working on some hoping you can do rest,
> > home pc not hooked up to network.
> > running access 02
> > installed through office xp
> > tried to open a new data base, constantly getting messages stating:
> > Work Group adminstrator couldn't create the workgroup information file. Make
> > sure you have specified a valid path and file name(.. i did), that you have
> > adequate permissions to create file( i do, logged in as admin), and that you
> > have enough disk space on the destination drive(..65gig) error code (-3100)
> >
> > then the next error message states:
> > Access couldn't find file 'filepath/system.mdw'. tis file is needed for
> > startup.
> > perfomed a search for that file couldn't find it. went to access- workgruops
> > admin- create to try and make one nothing happened.. i'm stuck any suggestions
>
> On a WinXP box this would usually indicate that the Windows user profile
> currently logged in has insufficient authority to create a file where Access is
> attempting to create it. Are you logged is as someone with "Admin" authority
> (in Windows that is, not Access).
>
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Yes. and every program in office i functioning properly. only access is
showing problems. feeling it's something simple but can't put my finger on
it. was hoping Access would work out of the box for single user. I gotta have
some type of varable cus
ing this to not allow me in..

G wrote:
> Yes. and every program in office i functioning properly. only access
> is showing problems. feeling it's something simple but can't put my
> finger on it. was hoping Access would work out of the box for single
> user. I gotta have some type of varable cus
> ing this to not allow me in..

I feel you're not grasping what I was getting at. If Access cannot find
System.mdw at startup it will create a new one. Your error is saying that
Access is not able to create this file in the location where it wants to. The
only plausible reason I can thnk of is because YOU do not have adequate
permissions to that location on your hard disk.

So I ask again, are you currently logged into Windows as an administrator or
with some other profile that has lesser permissions? If you log on as an
administrator then Access should be able to create the file and all should be
good after that.

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"Rick Brandt" wrote:

> G wrote:
> > Yes. and every program in office i functioning properly. only access
> > is showing problems. feeling it's something simple but can't put my
> > finger on it. was hoping Access would work out of the box for single
> > user. I gotta have some type of varable cus
> > ing this to not allow me in..
>
> I feel you're not grasping what I was getting at. If Access cannot find
> System.mdw at startup it will create a new one. Your error is saying that
> Access is not able to create this file in the location where it wants to. The
> only plausible reason I can thnk of is because YOU do not have adequate
> permissions to that location on your hard disk.
>
> So I ask again, are you currently logged into Windows as an administrator or
> with some other profile that has lesser permissions? If you log on as an
> administrator then Access should be able to create the file and all should be
> good after that.
>
Yes i am logged in as a admin user on windows. So you are saying everytime
access starts up it will create a system.mdw if one is not present.. is there
a default location that it will send it to.. ?

G wrote:
> "Rick Brandt" wrote:
>
> > G wrote:
> > > Yes. and every program in office i functioning properly. only
> > > access is showing problems. feeling it's something simple but
> > > can't put my finger on it. was hoping Access would work out of
> > > the box for single user. I gotta have some type of varable cus
> > > ing this to not allow me in..
> >
> > I feel you're not grasping what I was getting at. If Access cannot
> > find System.mdw at startup it will create a new one. Your error is
> > saying that Access is not able to create this file in the location
> > where it wants to. The only plausible reason I can thnk of is
> > because YOU do not have adequate permissions to that location on
> > your hard disk.
> >
> > So I ask again, are you currently logged into Windows as an
> > administrator or with some other profile that has lesser
> > permissions? If you log on as an administrator then Access should
> > be able to create the file and all should be good after that.
> >
> Yes i am logged in as a admin user on windows. So you are saying
> everytime access starts up it will create a system.mdw if one is not
> present.. is there a default location that it will send it to.. ?

Not every time, only in cases where the file does not already exist. It should
have been created when it was installed. Where it tries to create it varies by
version. Access 97 would look for it in System32. I thought Acces 2000 wold
use the Office folder, but I'm not sure.

Try doing a repair install of Office. It's available from the help menu of all
of the Office apps.

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I just got the same error and I am logged in as admin on the XP box. All
office applications except Access are working fine. Everything should be ok.

The problem started when the user reported that he could not open an
existing file. When he tried a pop-up appeared just stating "unknown".
As I could not fix that I used the repair function and then I got the "Work
Group adminstrator couldn't create the workgroup information file. Make
sure you have specified a valid path and file name"
Only thing I could see that the user had done was installing SUN java. That
has been removed but the error is still the same (and I have other systems
where it works fine with java)

I figured someting had gone terrible wrong with the installation, so the
entire office installation has been uninstalled and reinstalled...still same
error.

Any ideas?

Have you followed each & every one of the suggestions that Rick gave in
this thread?

TC

Um, I guess that just means, did you try the Repair install?

Can you see any system.mdw files anywhere?

TC

Yes, I tried first a detect and repair and when that did not work I did a
complete uninstall and install of the entire office package.
The file is nowhere to be seen but the system registry has an entry with a
path to it. It seems that the installations think it exists and when it
cannot be found it cannot handle it.
Shold I try to delete the registry entry with the path? Will that accomplish
anything?

SalSolo

"TC" wrote:

> Um, I guess that just means, did you try the Repair install?
>
> Can you see any system.mdw files anywhere?
>
> TC
>
>