Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Access

Last updated: February 2024

Access crashes and slow performance

• [FIXED] Word Mail Merge fails when using existing Word document

• [FIXED] Using DAO (Data Access Objects) API fails from external applications

• [FIXED] Access stops responding when running Report Wizard

• [FIXED] Error when trying to open an ACCDE/MDE file created in a different version of Access

• [FIXED] Error when trying to use DoCmd.TransferText with an export specification

• [FIXED] Access is unable to close and leaves lockfile active

• [FIXED] Error in Access when opening a database on a network file share

• [FIXED] Error: "The operating system is not presently configured to run this application" when when trying to use the Access Database Engine DAO API from a non-Microsoft Office application

• [FIXED] Error "The operating system is not presently configured to run this application" when trying to use Access Database Engine ODBC interfaces

• [FIXED] Access crashes when opening Zoom box with Shift+F2

• [FIXED] Office Applications crash due to Nahimic audio driver

• [FIXED] Windows cannot find "c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\outlook.exe

• [FIXED] Access VBA/DAO code may crash or report incorrect data for Decimal columns

• [FIXED] Office error: Accdb remains locked after OLEDB connection is closed

• [FIXED] Access does not recognize the Identity Column in a linked SQL Server table

• [WORKAROUND] TreeView control with a large number of nodes causes an Exception in Access

• [FIXED] Error: "Automatic configuration of the current version of Microsoft Access has failed" occurs when you try to start Microsoft Access after updating to Version 1802

Issues affecting Access features and add-ins

• [FIXED] Some tables do not get named with the "dbo_" prefix when using VBA CreateTableDef in Access for Microsoft 365

• [FIXED] Access error: "Query is corrupt"

• [FIXED] Access is unable to export objects as email attachments on Windows 7

• [WORKAROUND] Access reports that databases are in an 'inconsistent state'

• [FIXED] Access Error: "This database is in an unrecognized format" when opening .accde file

• [FIXED] Embedded objects in Access forms and reports do not display

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