Bug Alert Bug Alert: Version 2408 Causes msaccess.exe to Hang on Exit Access Version 2408 is causing two widespread bugs: msaccess.exe hangs around after closing Access and Error 3048, "Cannot open any more databases."
Bug Alert Access + Outlook PDF Bug Has Outlook recently started freezing when trying to send PDFs via email from Microsoft Access? If so, you may be a victim of the latest bug from Microsoft.
Bug Alert Bug Fix: Generic / Text Only Printer Driver Memory Error Microsoft released a fix for the error, "There isn't enough free memory to update the display," when printing to the Generic/Text Only Printer Driver.
Bug Alert Bug Fix: Access Version 2406 Fixes the Slow Forms and Crashing Bug From 2405 A bug fix is here for the error introduced with last month's Access update (which has been causing slow form performance and occasional crashing for affected users).
Bug Alert Generic Text Only Printer Driver Bug "There isn't enough free memory to update the display." Recent Windows Updates are causing this bug to appear on reports that use the Generic/Text Only Printer Driver.
Bug Alert Bug Alert: Version 2405 Causing Form Performance Problems and Increased Crashing of Access Our friends at AccessForever.org have all the details on the latest bug affecting the Current Channel of Microsoft Access.
Bug Alert Bug Alert: Scroll Wheel Causes Annoying Ding Did you ever notice Microsoft Access occasionally "dings" when you scroll with the mouse wheel in datasheets and continuous forms? You're not going crazy!
Bug Alert Bug Fix: RefreshLink A fix for an error that impacted some users with linked SQL Server tables was announced in Microsoft's latest monthly bug fix roundup.
Bug Alert Bug Alert: InStr() in WHERE Crashes Access Using string expressions like InStr(), InStrRev(), and Replace() in the WHERE clause of a query can crash Access in certain recent releases.
Bug Alert RefreshLink Bug: "Primary key already exists" Workarounds, status updates, and forum discussion links for the RefreshLink bug from the fine folks at AccessForever.org.
Bug Alert Roll Back to Previous Version of Office When on Microsoft 365 Current Channel (Preview) Rolling back to previous versions of Microsoft 365 (nee Office 365) is hard enough in the best-case scenario. Troubleshooting problems is a nightmare.
Bug Alert BUG ALERT: FortiClient VPN and Windows Update KB5018410 A recent Windows Update broke my FortiClient VPN. Learn which update was responsible, how to uninstall it, *and* how to keep it from coming back.
Bug Alert Bug Alert Follow-Up: CurrentDb and DAO.OpenDatabase A member of the Microsoft Access engineering team provides an official explanation for the "buggy" CurrentDb and DAO.OpenDatabase behavior.
Bug Alert BUG ALERT: CurrentDb and DAO.OpenDatabase If you are getting intermittent error messages saying you don't have exclusive access to your database, then this workaround may help.
Bug Alert Bug Alert: Wizards Don't Work with MVFs and Attachment Fields Beginning with version 2006, Access hangs when running the Report or Labels Wizard on a table with a multi-valued field (MVF) or attachment field.
Bug Alert WARNING: Do NOT Declare DAO Fields As Field2, Field3, etc. While declaring DAO Field objects as Field2 will get you additional IntelliSense, it comes at the risk of breaking working code when MS releases a new Field type.
Bug Alert Office FeatureGates: How Microsoft Can Break and Fix Their Applications in Under 24 Hours Microsoft Access regularly breaks following Office updates. But, sometimes, it *starts* working again just as suddenly. Here's how that works.
Bug Alert BUG ALERT: No Current Record An Access bug introduced in the latest Patch Tuesday update caused major headaches for developers around the world today.
Bug Alert Bug Alert: Cannot Open Any More Tables/Databases Check out the latest bug release from Microsoft: "Cannot open any more tables/databases.", .laccdb file remains, msaccess.exe hangs, and more...
Bug Alert Bug Alert: Can't Access Shared Folders via UNC Alias UNC aliases are a great way to set up development environments for Access applications that rely on UNC paths. It's too bad Microsoft broke them.
Bug Alert Patching Access 2013 Runtime to Fix "File Already In Use" Bug Step-by-step process to patch the 2021 Holiday Bug for Office/Access 2013. These same steps can be adapted to patch other versions, too.
Bug Alert Partial Workaround for the "Could not lock file" Bug This experimental function could help you avoid the "Could not lock file" error when running the OpenDatabase method of a DBEngine object.
Bug Alert Access Bug Alert: Errors When Opening Network Database Files If you started receiving the error "File in use" or "Could not lock file" in December 2021, you may be the victim of an Access bug. Here's how to fix it.
Bug Alert Compact on Close Danger Compact on Close. It seems innocent enough. But lurking under this seeming convenience is the spectre of corruption just lying in wait.
Bug Alert Bug Alert: Malwarebytes New behavior-matching algorithms in Malwarebytes block execution of Access applications that call out to the Shell function.