database needs to be repaired

[Paul]

I had a Access 2000 application (with 20 users), it was
runing well the last couple months. Yesterday,the database
had some problem, here is the error message: "You or
another user may have unexpectedly quit Microsoft Access
while a Microsoft Access database was open". It took me
about 2 hours to see the .ldb file disappear, before I can
applied the Repair utility. I reviewed the article in
Knowledge base(209137) still confused. What's the cause?
Is there a way I can prevent it? Thanks for your kindly
help.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

If you are sure that there are no users accessing the database, you can
delete the ldb file. Sometimes, it is marked as open / used and you can't
delete it. In this case, get your network admin to close and delete the ldb
for you as they can force the closing of a file.

See also the Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300216