Windows 10: Unable to select the correct .mdb database

I have an application that stores its data in a .mdb database.

I have taken over the database from a previous PC and installed the application with a basic database on the new windows 10 pc.

I can locate the file using windows explorer and it shows the correct file size.

If I locate the file from the application it only shows the basic file version in the same folder

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Recover access database

Did you try this yet? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283849

Run the Compact and Repair utility. To do so, follow these steps:

• If the database is open, close it.
• On the Tools menu, point to Database Utilities, and then click Compact and Repair Database.
• In the Database to Compact From dialog box, select the file that you want to compact, and then click Compact.
• In the Compact Database Into dialog box, enter a new file name, and then click Save.
  
  If the compact and repair does not succeed, you will receive a message stating so. This means the damage is so severe that it cannot be corrected.

 

Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) file

Have an old Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) file, possibly created with W95.
wish to view it. Currently am using W10 and Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 software (which does not include Access). Am getting ‘Can’t find Language DILL
msain.dill’. Any ideas how I can view this file?

 

Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) file

Thank you, Andrze for information pertaining to "Convert a database to the .accdb file format"