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Asked: 2026-05-15T09:20:11+00:00

When I right click on databases in Sql Server 2005 Management Studio and then

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When I right click on “databases” in Sql Server 2005 Management Studio
and then > Attach… > Add I get the following error:

C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\My
Documents\SQL Server Management
Studio\
Projects\Path\To\MDF\And\LDF\Files\
cannot access the specified path or
file on the server. Verify that you
have the necessary security privileges
and that the path or file exists.

The answer is easy – the MDF and LDF files where removed when Nant (by way of my dev
machine) issued a drop command.

But, after replacing the MDF and LDF files, I want to reattach the database but the
above error keeps coming up when I select “Add”.

Also, I have already “unattached” the database in question and it no longer appears on
the left under “databases”.

I have tried to replace a copy of the MDF and LDF files in the folder being referenced
and that didn’t work.

Any ideas as to how to gracefully get rid of this error?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Verify that you have the necessary
    security privileges     and that the path
    or file exists.

    Grant full read-write privileges on the MDF and LDF to the SQL Server service account:

    cacls C:\...Path\To\Files\ /E /T /G SQLServerMSSQLUser$<hostname>$<servicename>:F

    where <hostname> is your SQL Server hostname (machine name) and <instancename> is the SQL Server instance name (MSSQLSERVER for default instance).

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