Most Microsoft files can be "password protected," with the passwords a short cracker download away because the password is stored in the file itself.  Microsoft Access databases (pre v2007) can be secured with a defined workgroup.  This is a VERY powerful feature that can create user security levels and unique username/password pairs for each user.  Unfortunately, to use the feature you need to either setup a complicated shortcut with the full command line to join the workgroup, identify yourself and login OR you must permanently join the workgroup.  This can be a real pain in a multi-user database spread out among a large area and looks something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE" "S:\Some Folder\SomeDatabase.mdb" /wrkgrp "S:\SharedFolder\MyWorkGroup.MDW" /user jdoe /pwd password

    Db_Launch uses a user configured *.ini file to feed base parameters to the application and then adds the username/password pair entered and loads the target database seamlessly.  Most folks will never need this, but when you do this is a very easy way to make use of the workgroup feature to really secure your databases. 

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