This is a new issue in Version 2209. The problem occurs when Ace is loaded as a DAO provider.
We will publish a page with information on the issue and the fix when it is available here: Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Access (microsoft.com)
In the meantime, if it works for you, you can work around this problem by loading a different Ace provider, such as the OLEDB provider before loading the DAO provider.
For example, if you put these lines in your VB script example (and have a database at the specified location), then problem will not occur:
Dim objConnection
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
objConnection.open "Provider=Microsoft.Ace.OLEDB.16.0;Data Source=c:\temp\Database1.accdb"
objConnection.close
Shane