Access 2010 SP1 – You receive random crashes in certain database or when opening the VBA window in those databases after installing Office 2010 SP1

Anonymous
2011-07-20T15:29:21+00:00

Issue:

After installing Office 2010 SP1, you may receive random crashes when opening objects in certain databases and when trying to open the VBA window in those databases.  If you look in the event viewer the crash info may look similar to the following:

Faulting application: msaccess.exe

Version: 14.0.6024.1000

Stamp: 4d83e4fc

faulting module: vbe7.dll

version: 7.0.16.19

stamp: 4d430aec

Workaround:

UPDATE: Microsoft is aware of the issue and has scheduled a fix to the VBE7.dll in the October 2011 Cumulative Update.  You can workaround the issue by performing the following steps to decompile and recompile the database.

1.      Make a copy / backup of your database.

2.      On the problematic machine decompile the database by running the following from a Run command line:  <path to database file> /decompile ex. C:\test.accdb  /decompile

3.      Close the database.

4.      Open the database again normally.

In addition to this, if you experience the crash please send the error report when prompted to do so after the crash.

2625046 Access 2010 crashes in VBE7.DLL after installing Office 2010 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2625046

Best Regards,

Nathan Ost

Microsoft Online Community Support

Microsoft 365 and Office | Access | For home | Windows

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Anonymous
2011-10-29T04:36:47+00:00

Hey Everyone,

It looks like the hotfix for this issue has been released and can be downloaded from the link below:

Description of the Access 2010 hotfix package (Vbe7-x-none.msp): October 25, 2011 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2596585

In addition to this, KB 2625046 which describes this issue will also be updated to point to the fix above.

Best Regards,

Nathan Ost

Microsoft Online Community Support

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-09-30T13:43:08+00:00

    Thank you, Nathan!

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-30T13:34:37+00:00

    Hello Everyone,

    There has now been a KB article published for this issue. 

    2625046 - Access 2010 crashes in VBE7.DLL after installing Office 2010 SP1

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2625046

    As mentioned in the article, a fix to the VBE7.dll will hopefully be released in the October 2011 Cumulative update.

    Best Regards,

    Nathan O.

    Microsoft Online Community Support

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-27T21:42:39+00:00

    Surely not. The essence of Access is its ability to develop flexibly and rapidly in response to user needs in developing commercial and professional as well as domestic/personal contexts. Without the ability to develop underlying code, we all know that there is a ceiling on what Access can handle, and it will no longer be able to give that response.  Commercial and professional users and developers cannot put their continued systems development on indefinite hold for some unspecified future SP2.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-09-27T20:05:10+00:00

    In the back of my mind is the possibility that they will wait until SP2 for the fix. I hope not.

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