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GreatDaneMusic825
Feb 03, 2022Copper Contributor
Error 3048 - cannot open any more databases - surprising
Error 3048 started one day, after NO CODE CHANGES for several months! Someone suggested to look at all .OpenRecordSets and verify that there is a "Close" for each "Open". I have done so, and the pr...
Vexen_C
Feb 04, 2022Brass Contributor
This same error started for me today too, after a MS Office update applied to my laptop. I have just one MS Access DB open with a split-end. It manages to load, but can't do anything without this error popping up. The project is decades old, and I've keep very precise in closing recordsets and then setting them to null once done with them.
Microsoft have updated something, and screwed up part of MS Access.
The thread linked by Karl Donaubauer had solutions to this problem that worked for me; MS update has caused the issue. Read that thread for updates/fixes/commentary.