Dear helper
I had to uninstall MS-SQL Server when SQLEXPRESS that came bundled with Visual Studio 2005 no longer picked up its *.mdf files anymore.
I read about it somewhere that I had to instantiate my connections or so but I could not figure it out.
Anyway, after uninstalling MS-SQL which had me re-installing Visual Studio 205 all over again, now I am trying to convert my SQLEXPRESS *.MDF files to an Access *.MDB file and it will not work.
I tried your suggestions in your post and I believe it would have worked using my downloaded Blueshell Data Guy if I was working from MS-SQL Server and not SQLEXPRESS.
Is it possible to give this a try please?
When I tried it using Blueshell Data Guy, Data Link Properties->connection->select the database or the server: it threw a pop up with error message
as [DBNETLIB][CONNECTIONOPEN CONNECT()).]SQL SERVER DOES NOT EXIST OR ACCESS DENIED
And when I tried, FILE->NEW->File Database, for me to choose my *.MDF file, it does not show this file format in the list.
Am I doing something wrong here or is it just not possible with SQLEXPRESS
Many thanks
Emmanuel