Main Menu -  The Select Button              Click here to find out how to browse using the Access MRU paths 

Select allows you to browse to another Access database file to see who is logged in and perform the other administrative tasks.  Database types supported include MDB, MDE, MDW and LDW formats. 

Figure 1 - The select button is used to locate the Access program that you want to manage

When you click on the select button you are presented with a windows file browser as shown in Figure 2 below.  Initially you will be presented with any Access databases that are in the current directory.  This includes databases in the normal MDB, compiled MDE databases and workgroup files MDW. 

Note: You can also select a database using the menu File ~ Select a database

You can also select from LDB files which are Access Locking databases.  If one of these is visible, then you know that someone is using the MDB/MDE database with the same file name.  eg  Northwind.ldb  is the locking database for the Northwind database.  Read more about LDB files here including how to make it easier to open them with the workbench.

Once you have selected the database, click the Open button to return to the main form.

Figure 2 - A file browser is used to locate the Access database that you want to use

If the database that you have selected is secured by an Access database password, you will be prompted to enter that password.  The software does not store that password anywhere.

Hint:  If you wish to deal with other files in the same folders as your database, choose the menu
File ~Explore the Current folder

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 The Access Workbench Help File  - The Select Button