KB5002121 breaks MS Access runtime applications

Anonymous
2022-07-13T19:05:58+00:00

I just had a lengthy support call with a client. My MS Access (mde) file would not open. Received the message: "The expression on open you entered as the event property setting produced the following error. Requested type library or wizard is not a VBA project." I uploaded the uncompiled (mdb) file and that one ran fine. I tried creating a new mde file but it too would not run. After much head scratching, I check the latest updates and saw the following update installed today: Security Update to Microsoft Office 2013 (KB5002121) 32-bit Edition

After uninstalling the update the application ran perfectly fine. I have no other conclusion than this update caused it not to run. My client has temporarily turned off the automatic updates. Can anyone else confirm this issue?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-01T13:14:34+00:00

    This is impacting only 2 of the 20 machines in the office. The ones that are impacted have Office 2016 mounted locally and the others are using Microsoft accounts. I haven't tested yet whether the issue can be addressed on a given machine by having a different user log in to the machine in question. Could it be that one user's Office options would be different than those of another person on the same machine?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-02T22:54:24+00:00

    The update that fixes this issue for Office 2013 and Office 2016 MSI is now available:

    Error when trying to open an ACCDE/MDE file created in a different version of Access (microsoft.com)

    Shane Groff

    Access Engineering

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-03T06:50:39+00:00

    I can confirm for Access 2013, the MDE is working after patch.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T18:24:01+00:00

    For what it's worth, I have tracked the issue to VBE7.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VBA7.1.

    Some PCs will not open a Access RT application after the update in question .However, replacing this DLL with an older one from Last November seems to fix the issue. I have applied this fix multiple times now with good results.

    I am not sure why some PCs experience this issue but when it occurs, replacing the dll has worked every time so far.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T19:01:32+00:00

    In August 9, as it have been announced, an update fix the problem in my PC.

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