Resolving “Invalid Bookmark” Error Message in MS Access

Microsoft Access is a powerful application used to create and manage your databases. In most cases, a database user creates a different database to systematically arrange the records. Corruption or damage in MS Access database primarily occurs due to MS Office malfunctioning, improper system shutdown, software bugs and more. Once the database is corrupted, the database becomes unmountable making all the data saved in the database inaccessible. To recover the data under such situations, a perfect solution is to restore the data from an updated backup. However, if no backup is available or backup fails to restore the required data, then you need to recover the data by using powerful access recovery software.

As a practical case, when you attempt to mount an Access database, you encounter the below error message:

"Invalid Bookmark"

After the above error message appears, the data saved in the database becomes inaccessible. Additionally, you encounter the above error message each time you press OK button. To exit from the database, perform Ctrl+Alt+Delete operation.

Cause:

The root cause for the occurrence of the above error message is the corruption in Access database.

Resolution:

To resolve the above error message and access the data, you need to use an inbuilt built repair utility named "Compact and Repair." To do so, you need to follow these steps:

1. Go to the Tools menu, select Database Utilities and then click Compact and Repair Database.
2. Locate and then click the database in the ‘Database to Compact From' dialog box, and then click Compact.
3. Select an appropriate folder location for the new file in the ‘Compact Database Into' dialog box, type a unique name for the file and then click on Save.

In most cases, the utility resolves your problem and the data becomes accessible. But, if the utility is unable to repair the database, then you need to use advanced Access Recovery utility. These access repair tools use high end scanning mechanisms to comprehensively scan and repair the corrupted database. Built with highly graphical and interactive user interface, automated procedure and powerful features, these utilities are self-explanatory without any former technical knowledge.

Stellar Phoenix Access Recovery is the finest Access Database Repair software. This read only tool can restore and Repair Access database objects like queries, forms, reports, macros and modules. The software is compatible with Microsoft Access 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP) and 2000. It is designed for Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.