Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Attached failed, Unable to open physical file, operating system error

Some time when you try to attach database files (.mdf, . ldf) to sql server , you might get the error
"Unable to open physical file, operating system error"


The reason behind this is that the account from which you are accessing the file , does not have rights for this specific folder or file.

Solution for this is that , you have to give the rights. In my case i have given the rights to the local administrator





After giving the rights , try to attach the file again.

I have attached the database successfully.





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