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Windows 10 v1909 breaks Microsoft Access, fix coming in December
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Microsoft rolled outWindows 10v1909a few days ago. This is a minor update that boosted some performance elements and fixed different issues in the OS.
As always, Microsoft’s engineers spent an entire summer and went the extra mile to test the feature update. In this manner, they made sure theWindows 10November Update is not plagued by bugs. However,some major problemsstill went under the radar.
Windows 10users already reportednumerous issuesthat affected their machines. As a quick reminder, Microsoft rolled out the first Security Patch for Office on November 12. Unfortunately, the update didn’t go well and it brokeAccessUPDATE query with WHERE Clause.
However, Office usersconfirmedthat they can still execute the queries without the WHERE clause. The query fails with the following error message:
Additionally, the query to update a value in the table still works fine on systems where November 2019 Update is not installed.
How to fix Microsoft Access error “Query is corrupt”
ManyWindows 10users managed to resolve the problem by uninstalling the problematic update. However, people are of the opinion that it is not a feasible solution for large organizations with thousands of machines. Microsoft has already issued an update that a fix is currentlyscheduled on December 10.
If you encounter this issue before the fix is available, the recommended workaround is to update the query so that it updates the results of another query, rather than updating a table directly.
Microsoft recommends its users that they should try the following workaround:
Considering the large impact of the problem, affected users want Microsoft to release an update as soon as possible.
It seems like Microsoft is already working on a fix. Microsoft’s MVP Gustav Brockconfirmedthat the company plans to release an “out-of-band” non-security update very soon. Furthermore, the fix is coming for all affected builds.
More about the topics:Microsoft Access,MS Office,windows 10
Teodor Nechita
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