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  1. 12-29-2020, 04:25 AM #1
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    Unhappy Access database replaced excel file

    Hi all,

    I tried linking an excel file to Access but i must've pressed the wrong option so I believe my excel file was replaced.
    I can't find the excel file anywhere (was on a USB).

    Does anyone know if i can get it back?


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    Re: Access database replaced excel file

    Welcome to the forum.

    What you have described is not possible, so something else must have happened.

    Can you tell us step-by-step what you did to try to 'link' the Excel file to an Access DB?
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    Re: Access database replaced excel file

    So in Access I press external data->excel->browser (clicked the excel file)-> ticked 'export data with formatting and layout'-> ok

    I think it showed up with 'there's already a file with this name' and clicked replace.

    When i went back to my usb the excel file was gone and nothing would open in access.
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    Re: Access database replaced excel file

    OK - well, it does sound as if you have overwritten a file.

    Linking is not the same as exporting.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/micr...cess-database/

    It's a shame that the file is on a USB, as there will be no way back (that I know of).
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    Re: Access database replaced excel file

    All good. Just recovered a recent version of it.

    Thanks for the help.
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