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
    2022-07-19T06:31:41+00:00

    Hi Shane

    just tested on one computer here. Can confirm error is solved, old compiled version starts as usual.

    Thank you, helps a lot. Do you have a hint, how customers should act to make sure update to latest version can be forced?

    regards Wolfram

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-19T05:03:26+00:00

    Hi Shane

    Confirming that the fix worked for Access in Office 365. Eagerly waiting for solutions in other versions (and for Mars trip too).

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  3. ScottGem 68,840 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-07-18T23:14:48+00:00

    Anyway.. shame on you, Microsoft!!

    Very little of what you ranted about is true. Yes you pay a good deal of money for licenses. But no, they are NOT "pushing updates, without any info". They are not deliberately shutting production applications. They are not forcing you to pay anything more. The update that caused this was a security update that there is no charge for. That it did cause an issue is unfortunate, but its a reflection on the complexity and interoperable of Office and Windows. A complexity and interoperability that is part of the reason for the populatiy of both software products.

    There is no hidden marketing tricks here. Software gets improved, file types get improved. Microsoft tries to maintain a long term backward compatability, but can't do it forever. Other software developers don't do that.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-18T21:05:21+00:00

    Hi Shane

    We have a system that is used by almost 500 different companies. They have different versions of Access and it has been a nightmare over the last week dealing with support calls to fix the issue. We were unable to tell customers to wait for a fix as the database is payroll related. We have had to rebuild the MDEs on the client computers.

    For now the problem is managed, but please give us a solution so we don't have to do this every time we update our application.

    Sorry to add this here... but could you also please comment on the Excel report problem that also appeared after the latest update.

    Since latest Microsoft Update: Access (Office 365) unable - Microsoft Community

    The Excel report is a critical component of our application for many users.

    Thanks

    Sanjay

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-18T20:49:12+00:00

    Hi Shane,

    i am again. We have to recompile and sent out over 100 customer versions. This needs time.

    Can you organize pause for installing the critical updates?

    Just for this week ?

    regards

    Wolfram

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