Connection string and password

Having trouble connecting to my passsword-protected Access 2000 database using OLEDB in VB.net. Here's the pertinent code:

Dim oOleDbConnection As OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim sConnString As String = _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & pricebookpath & ";" & _
"User ID=Admin;" & _
"Password=FronDBtier"
oOleDbConnection = New OleDb.OleDbConnection(sConnString)
oOleDbConnection.Open()

The Open comand results in the following error:
"Cannot start your application. The workgroup information file is missing or opened exclusively by another user."

If I remove the password from the database and remove the password from the connection string, it opens just fine.

I know the password is correct. Anyone have any thoughts?

TIA!
Steve.

dim conString As String = "provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" ....dbname.mdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=yourdbpassword"