Sounds as though you converted the entire MDB, rather than splitting it into
a front-end (containing the queries, forms, reports, macros and modules),
linked to a back-end (containing the tables and relationships). Only the
front-end should be converted into an MDE: there's absolutely nothing to be
gained from converting tables-only to an MDE.
You should probably include code to allow relinking of the front-end to a
different back-end. Sample code can be found at http://www.mvps.org/access/tables/tbl0009.htm at "The Access Web"