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Features, Bugs, Changes – Sep 2025
This month: the 100th AFo article, a major update to VBA, roadmap delays, support cycle reminder, conferences, and more

Karl Donaubauer
Sep 303 min read


Bugs, Features, Changes – Aug 2025
In this overview article, we inform you about (mostly minor) bugs, changes and new features for Access in July and August. 1. Bug:...

Colin Riddington
Aug 273 min read


Wizard ActiveXs are Broken in 32 Bit (Fixed)
In current 32 bit versions of Access some wizards that use ActiveX controls display error messages and don't work correctly.

Karl Donaubauer
Aug 122 min read


Bugs, Features, Changes – June 2025
This month, the focus is on M365 update channels and their use, a Preview bug and planned changes. Plus, Roadmap delays, Microsoft's forum changes and more.

Karl Donaubauer
Jun 263 min read


Invalid SQL Statement with Monaco in Version 2505 (Fixed)
In version 2505 valid SQL statements may generate an error "Invalid SQL Statement; expected 'DELETE', 'INSERT'…" and you can't execute or save the query.

Karl Donaubauer
Jun 122 min read


Bugs and Features – May 2025
In this article, we inform you about (mostly minor) bugs, changes and new features for Access in recent weeks. 1. Bug: F1 in the Monaco...

Karl Donaubauer
May 234 min read


How to Deal with Update Bugs
Causes, phases and frequency of update bugs. Prevent, diagnose, mitigate, find targeted information. Contribute with your reports and findings to speed up the fix.

Karl Donaubauer
May 125 min read


List of Access Bug Fixes in 2025
Microsoft publishes an (almost) monthly list of bug fixes that were made in Access. We are collecting the fixes for the whole year.

Karl Donaubauer
Mar 213 min read


Query Designer Doesn't Allow Drag-and-Drop Tables or Joins (Fixed)
Dragging and Dropping tables into the Query Designer is disabled for some users, probably due to a recent Windows update.

George Hepworth
Feb 142 min read


Mousewheel Event Bug in Version 2412 (Fixed)
There have been several reports of the form / report mousewheel event no longer working starting with Access version 2412 build 18324.20092.

Colin Riddington
Jan 151 min read


Error 3048 and Hanging Access Task in Version 2408 (Fixed)
Access 365 Current Channel version 2408 build 17928.20114, released Aug 26, has had many reports of instabilities. Before that, there had...

AFo Team
Aug 31, 20242 min read


Access Crashes When Filtering Forms in Version 2407 (Fixed)
Reports in several online forums state that Access randomly crashes when you attempt to apply a filter to a form. This happens for versi...

George Hepworth
Aug 9, 20241 min read


The Salesforce Connector is Broken (Fixed)
Several affected users report that the connector that links Access with Salesforce CRM no longer works. Error message: "ODBC Connection t...

Karl Donaubauer
Aug 4, 20241 min read


Access+Outlook Freeze when trying to send a PDF by E-mail (Fixed)
A number of people report that Access and Outlook freeze when they try to send an object as PDF via email. This happens when selecting Ex...

Karl Donaubauer
Jul 18, 20241 min read


Windows Generic/Text Only Printer Driver Fails for Access Reports (Fixed)
Two Windows updates cause the Windows Generic /Text Only Printer Driver to fail.

George Hepworth
Jun 25, 20242 min read


Performance issues and crashes when loading forms (Fixed)
Description There were reports that Office update 2405 was causing slowness loading forms in Access. Some users were reporting that...

Maria Barnes
Jun 19, 20241 min read


Hanging instance of Access after closing a database (Fixed)
You close a database and supposedly terminate Access. After that, databases can no longer be opened by clicking on the file in Windows Ex...

Karl Donaubauer
May 4, 20243 min read


InStr function in the WHERE clause of a query crashes Access (Fixed)
Description When using the InStr function in the WHERE clause of a query or when filtering a query with an InStr function manually in...

Maria Barnes
Apr 11, 20242 min read


Access Bugs – The Long List 2024
We are compiling a list of major and minor, mostly long-term bugs here, that are still present in current versions of Access. It shall...

AFo Team
Mar 6, 20248 min read


RefreshLink fails with "Primary Key already exists" (Fixed)
When using RefreshLink for a linked SQL Server table in version 2312 build 17126.20190, you get error 3283 "Primary Key already exists"...

Karl Donaubauer
Feb 28, 20241 min read
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