Access Navigation pane too narrow and cannot be fixed by any suggestions made here or elsewhere on the internet. Numerous phone and chat communications with Microsoft have been a huge waste of time. I have another PC with MS 365, and this problem does not exist. Both machines are Win11

dnatch6969 Have a look at my article: https://www.isladogs.co.uk/fix-shrunken-nav-pane/index.html It sounds like you've tried at least one suggestion on that page but not this one: Public Function MaximizeNavigationPane() DoCmd.NavigateTo "acNavigationCategoryObjectType" DoCmd.Maximize End Function You may also find this utility helpful: Navigation Pane Helper Add-In (isladogs.co.uk) Hope that helps

Sometimes a screenshot is a really helpful way to illustrate problems. That's the case here, if you can provide one. Thanks.

Hi, > cannot be fixed by any suggestions made here or elsewhere on the internet That doesn't really tell what you have tried. In order to get different suggestions you should provide a list of what didn't help so far. ServusKarlAccess NewsAccess DevCon

Karl_Donaubauer Uninstalled and reinstalled MS365Tried both repair methods, fast and internetDid clean restart, only MS files and appsInvoked Power Shell and executed commands given by MS agentTried the F11 / Search Bar trick, no luck.Many restarts Finally got Quick Connect up and running by turning off VPN. Most troubling is that no one at MS suggested this

George_Hepworth Here it is. Upper left side of screen shows Nav Bar unusably narrow. Double headed arrow does not appear. Ran a test using an Access dB from another PC. In this case the Nav bar could be adjusted. This problem apparently only shows up on dB's created on this Access app on this PC. Both PCs are win 11 and had MS 365 loaded same time.

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isladogs
MVP
Sep 03, 2022
dnatch6969

Have a look at my article: https://www.isladogs.co.uk/fix-shrunken-nav-pane/index.html

It sounds like you've tried at least one suggestion on that page but not this one:

Public Function MaximizeNavigationPane() DoCmd.NavigateTo "acNavigationCategoryObjectType" DoCmd.Maximize End Function

You may also find this utility helpful: Navigation Pane Helper Add-In (isladogs.co.uk)

Hope that helps
- dnatch6969
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 05, 2022
  isladogs
  Thanks for the guidance. Unfortunately, I ran the code, but it had no effect on size of pane. Ran the code with DoCmd.minimize and that did shrink the pane. Ran again with Maximize and got same result as shown in my screenshot. It appears for some reason, Access thinks what I have IS maximized!
  - isladogs
    MVP
    Sep 05, 2022
    Deleted - duplicate post
George_Hepworth
Silver Contributor
Sep 01, 2022
Sometimes a screenshot is a really helpful way to illustrate problems. That's the case here, if you can provide one. Thanks.
- dnatch6969
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 03, 2022
  George_Hepworth
  
  Here it is. Upper left side of screen shows Nav Bar unusably narrow. Double headed arrow does not appear.
  
  Ran a test using an Access dB from another PC. In this case the Nav bar could be adjusted. This problem apparently only shows up on dB's created on this Access app on this PC. Both PCs are win 11 and had MS 365 loaded same time.
Karl_Donaubauer
MVP
Sep 02, 2022
Hi,

> cannot be fixed by any suggestions made here or elsewhere on the internet

That doesn't really tell what you have tried. In order to get different suggestions you should provide a list of what didn't help so far.

Servus
Karl
Access News
Access DevCon
- dnatch6969
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 03, 2022
  Karl_Donaubauer
  Uninstalled and reinstalled MS365
  Tried both repair methods, fast and internet
  Did clean restart, only MS files and apps
  Invoked Power Shell and executed commands given by MS agent
  Tried the F11 / Search Bar trick, no luck.
  Many restarts
  Finally got Quick Connect up and running by turning off VPN. Most troubling is that no one at MS suggested this

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