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Compact and Repair All Access Databases in a Directory and in the Directories Beneath It

This searches every directory that the user defined, and the directories beneath them. It then finds MDB files and “compacts and repairs” them. It does a great job for me by making 2 Gb project backup files compact down to 20 Mb. Of course, that’s after compressing them with WINRAR for the best and solid […]

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Apr 29, 2005
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This searches every directory that the user defined, and the directories beneath them. It then finds MDB files and “compacts and repairs” them. It does a great job for me by making 2 Gb project backup files compact down to 20 Mb. Of course, that’s after compressing them with WINRAR for the best and solid compression.

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