List of Access Bug Fixes in 2025
- Karl Donaubauer
- Mar 21
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 25

Since 2022, Microsoft's Access team has been publishing a list of Access fixes on its blog (almost) every month. To make this information more visible and searchable, we are collecting the full list for 2025 here and link to the Microsoft posts where you can find more description. Previous lists: 2024 (43 items), 2023 (88 items), 2022 (54 items)
Version 2508
Control wizards do not launch when adding new controls to subform in design view
Access terminates unexpectedly when pressing F6 key in Design View
Unable to select large number (BigInt) field within "Find Unmatched Query Wizard"
Some wizards giving an error in 32-bit builds on launch “There was an error loading an ActiveX control on one of your forms or reports.”
Invalid output when exporting to HTML
Version 2507
Alert, “The Microsoft Access database engine cannot find the input table or query ‘MSysSQLComments’.” when importing queries from an old database which has never been used with the Monaco SQL editor
Queries do not save when they contain Unicode characters
Error "The Object isn't open" when running Find Duplicates and Crosstab query wizards
Crash when pressing F1 in Monaco SQL Editor
Error “Object is not connected to server” when referencing OLE automation object in VBA code
Crash when opening a query directly into SQL view
Images sometimes do not display correctly on buttons/image controls
Announce deprecation of Salesforce connector
Version 2506
Error when trying to run append query
Error when trying to save or run a query containing certain characters
Can't create a query directly in SQL view
Exporting data to a text file might export some characters incorrectly
Using the clipboard to transfer data from tables/queries to text did not work for some Unicode characters
When exporting to Email using the HTML format Unicode characters might not be preserved
When exporting a table with a relationship but no lookup defined Access may hang during the validation step
If the Display Form option is set in the Options dialog, then any time the Options dialog is closed you incorrectly get a message saying that you must close and reopen the database for changes to take effect
Version 2503
Error “The search key was not found in any record” when trying to save a query from SQL view.
F1 brings up command palette in the Monaco SQL editor instead of invoking contextual help.
When the Monaco SQL editor is enabled and a query is open in datasheet view, you may see visual flickering in the datasheet.
When importing a text file into an existing table with a Double datatype, values might fail to import.
The Required property may fail to indicate that a column in a linked SharePoint table is required.
Version 2502
Error when saving query after applying a filter in datasheet view
Copying a query from one database does not transfer comments
Form_MouseWheel event not reporting correct count
Some number filter menus not correctly named
Cannot use VBA code to set some new Modern Chart properties
Version 2501
Ctrl+W doesn’t close the query window when using Monaco SQL Editor
SQL not saved correctly when using Monaco to edit control properties
Access terminates unexpectedly when setting “Option to enable Monaco SQL Editor” using Application.SetOption
When saving a query with a syntax error using the Monaco editor, the error message might be incorrect
File Open dialog doesn’t remember database location when saving backup
Series sorting does not work in Modern Chart if series display name has been changed