MS Access 2013 crashes continually on different computers.

Anonymous
2013-03-18T13:45:00+00:00

I having increasing problems with Access 2013 crashing.  Even after compacting and repairing the database it crashes all of the time - now it's crashing whenever I try to do a "save as" or when I try to exit.  It's been unstable since I started using it but it seems to be getting worse, and it happens on multiple machines. Anyone have an idea why it's constantly crashing?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-25T12:04:57+00:00

    Hi Tom,

    I installed Office 2013 as an upgrade over 2010 (and ran windows update to ensure I had the latest updates).

    My access DB was created in 2010 and is under the the accdb (2007-2013) file format.

    It hangs on many occasions, very frequently, and is quite frustrating to develop.

    Examples of it hanging (all while within the same database):

    1.  Switching from one form to another form (both in design view).

    2.  Switching from design view to form view

    3.  Switching from form view to design view

    4.  Changing focus from a control on the main form to a the subform within a form

    5.  Selecting a control on the main form when focus was on the subform.

    6.  Closing a form in design view after saving it for the first time.

    ......

    I have option explicit on all of my modules (including forms and classes), and the code complies just fine.

    I've gone through Tim and David's steps here (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3266542/ms-access-how-to-decompile-and-recompile) on decompiling and recompiling the access db, but the behaviour still persists.

    Any other tricks I could try?

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  2. Tom van Stiphout 40,216 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-06-25T13:00:59+00:00

    Run Windows Updates.

    Get the latest video drivers

    Get the latest printer drivers

    Switch to different default printer.

    Export all objects to text files (Application.SaveAsText) and import them in a new database (Application.LoadFromText).

    After that, I would be ready to uninstall and reinstall Office.

    After that, reinstall Windows.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-06-25T13:28:23+00:00

    As mentioned, I've run Windows Update and installed the latest updates (video, printer etc...).

    Switching to a different default printer didn't do anything.

    Thanks for your suggestion, but since I have no issues working this the database in 2010, it's a lot easier to just revert to Office 2010 than any of the other suggestions....

    Cheers,

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-06-25T13:45:44+00:00

    I have had similar issues resolved by removing HP ProtectTools Security Manager.  Also have seen problems on computers with biometric devices (fingerprint scanner in my case).

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-06-26T05:10:15+00:00

    I have not been in this blog for a while. Just wanted to let Hafeez know that I have been experiencing very similar problems and that I have tried for weeks to find a solution. I ended up settling for Access 2010 which has been working just fine.

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