Menus in Access 97

[Guest]

I have a database that someone has gotten into and made most of the menu
items (view, Insert, Options etc) invisible in the menu bar.
As I can't get into the Options menu I can't set security, compact etc.
How do I get the menus back?

 

[John Spencer]

Try holding down the shift key while you launch the database

 

[Rick Brandt]

I have a database that someone has gotten into and made most of the menu
items (view, Insert, Options etc) invisible in the menu bar.
As I can't get into the Options menu I can't set security, compact etc.
How do I get the menus back?

Changes to the built in menus and toolbars are local to the machine where this
is done, appear in all files on that PC, and do not "follow the file" to other
PCs.

Totally custom menus and toolbars on the other hand do follow the file and are
seen on all PCs, but only within that one file in which they were created.

Given the above if you only see limited menus in this one file then what you are
seeing are custom menus and toolbars, not the built in ones which were probably
disabled in startup properties.

If you hold the shift key while opening the file the startup options will be
bypassed and you should again see all the built in menu choices.