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Essex Animal Hospital
05-13-2013, 07:08 PM
I'm getting this error upon trying to start the TCW Admin software. Please help.

Invalid Data File. Please select "Data Path" in Tools|Options
ADO Error Message: [FireDAC][Phys][ODBC][Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Cannot open database '(unknown)'. It may not be a database that your application recognizes, or the file may be corrupt.

I have access to the database file if there is any hope of repairing it. Please advise.

Paul Mayer
05-13-2013, 08:21 PM
The part that says this: "Cannot open database '(unknown)'." tells us that you lost the path to the database. Use the Database Path tool to locate and reconnect to it.

If you are not using the new release, I'd strongly urge you shut down TCW.exe on all computers and upgrade to TimeClockWindow 2.0 which is much better (no more bugs) and solid when it comes to database reconnection and such. This is a free update to all TimeClockWindow owners.