Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Access

Last updated: October 2025

As of June 2022, Access issue fixes are now published as blog posts on the Access Developer Blog.

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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