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Access 2019 Unable to Compact or back up DBs
Hi Help. I've recently installed a standalone copy of access. I have some experience of using earlier versions. Whenever I try to either compact or back-up a db, an error message tells me that my ...
also all my work is local
That's puzzling indeed. I can think of nothing relevant that would be impeding the C&R.
I will send out for the Cavalry...
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- It's not beyond the bounds of possibility that I'm doing something dumb, but I hope not
- I've already mentioned this, but it may be worth repeating - I only bought this 'standalone' version (2019) of Access about a week ago and it hasn't worked from day one
I notice that the screen shot you provided starts with a D:\ drive, although the rest is blacked out. Is D:\ a second hard drive in your computer? Or maybe a mapped drive? Maybe another location such as a DVD or CD Drive? I don't imagine that's the case, but to be thorough, let's identify the location to be certain.
Does this problem persist if you copy an accdb to the C:\ drive as well?