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use the previous link instead. Select a product Sort by Default Summary New or Updated Description Date Updated Direction Ascending Descending Helpful search tips Find the answer to your question Error: "Error Accessing or Processing a PAD File" Attempting to Open Sage ACT! Database Answer ID 13797 | Updated 09/10/2016 11:58 AM You attempt to open your ACT! database when you receive the following error message: "Error Accessing or Processing a PAD File". This error may also occur when attempting to open a database after converting it from ACT! 6.0 or lower. This error can result if: You have not yet registered ACT! with a valid serial number You have changed your Startup database to an incorrect file type You have not logged into the ACT! 6 database as an Administrator The .PAD file for your database has been damaged. Incorrect File Type as Startup Database If your Startup database has been changed to a file type other than .PAD, you must open the database by double-clicking the .PAD file and then return to the ACT! Preferences to change your Startup database to the correct file type. Follow the steps below: Launch Windows Explorer or (My Computer). Navigate to the location of a .PAD file. If the name of your database is Contacts the .PAD file would be named Contacts.pad. By default, .PAD files are located at: ACT! 2011: My Documents\ACT\ACT Data\Databases ACT! 2010: My Documents\ACT\ACT for Windows 12\Databases ACT! 2009: My Documents\ACT\ACT for Windows 11\Databases ACT! 2008: My Documents\ACT\ACT for Windows 10\Databases ACT! 2007: My Documents\ACT\ACT for Windows 9\Databases ACT! 2006: My Documents\ACT\ACT for Windows 8\Databases ACT! 2005: My Documents\ACT\ACT for Win 7\Databases If your .PAD file is in a different, unknown location, please use the Windows Search function to locate the file. For detailed information on using the Widows Search function, please see the Windows Search Function section at the end of this document. Double-click any .PAD file (the .PAD file for your database is recommended, but any .PAD file will do), and login to your database (if necessary). Click the Tools menu, and then click Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears: Under the Startup tab, either: Enable the Last opened option --or-- Click the browse button at the Named database field, and then navigate to (if necessary) and Open the .PAD file for your desired Startup database. Clic
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