Cant connect to ms access 2013 by password connection string

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the wrong is : Cannot open database . It may not be a database that your application recognizes, or the file may be corrupt

i'm using this string connection

Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\myFolder\myAccessFile.accdb;
Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword;

What I have tried:

i'm using this string connection

Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\myFolder\myAccessFile.accdb;
Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword;

Posted 4-Oct-16 0:04am

newcoder1

Updated 4-Oct-16 2:48am

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José Amílcar Casimiro 4-Oct-16 6:17am

The file is in the indicated path? And the file access password is mentioned?

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2016-10-04T02:48:00

Solution 1

Do you REALLY have a database in the folder "C:\MyFolder" called "MyAccessFile.accdb"? Did you REALLY set its database password to "MyDbPassword"?

I doubt it.

Posted 4-Oct-16 2:48am

Dave Kreskowiak