Alan, Thank you.
Yes, you are right, I was double-clicking on the file. Your suggestion worked. Thanks for your help. Problem solved. Howard On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 at 10:11, Alan B <[email protected]> wrote: > Howard - > > I'm thinking you're finding the file and double-clicking it to open it in > Base? If so the fact that the file name starts with file:///... and the > message is the file can't be loaded, NOT it can't be found, has me thinking > the file association is changed. If the file association has changed then > the message makes sense if you're double-clicking the file to open it . > > Have you tried: > - Open Base > - select the option to "Open an existing database file" in the Database > Wizard > - click the "Open" button > - navigate to the file > - select it and > - click the "Open" button? > > If opening Base then using Base to open the file works then the problem is > likely a wrong file association. > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 7:30 PM Howard Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello List members. >> >> I recently imported files from my old laptop and cannot open LO Base >> files. >> The error message is: >> >> > The connection to the data source "My Database" could not be >> established. >> > The file file:///home/username/filename could not be loaded. >> > >> >> I have moved "My Database" file onto the computer I am now using. Maybe >> the >> link has broken. >> How can I open and read/write to this file? >> >> All advice appreciated. >> >> Howard >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > > > -- > Alan Boba > CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
