“Cannot Open a Database Created With a Previous Version of Your Application” error in Access 2013

This issue occurs when you try to use Microsoft Access 2013 to open an Access 97 database. To work around this issue, use a pre-Access 2013 version of Access to save the Access 97 database as an .accdb file:

1. Open the Access 97 database in Access 2003.
2. On the Tools menu, click Database Utilities, click Convert Database, and then click to Access 2002-2003 file format.
3. Enter a name for the database, and then click Save.
4. Exit Access 2003.
5. Open the database in Access 2013.

 
Optional:

6. On the File tab, click Save As, select Access Database (*.accdb), and then click Save As.
7. In the Save As dialog box, click Save.