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svetlio1309
Copper Contributor
Nov 26, 2025

You must start microsoft access by double click

Im getting this error and i dont know how to fix it. I have just started a free trial on Microsoft365

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  • Karl_Donaubauer's avatar
    Karl_Donaubauer
    MVP
    Dec 02, 2025

    Hi,

    George already wrote that this is the Runtime version of Access. To determine what type of M365 trial you have and if the full version of Access should be included, you can open any Office application like Word, Excel etc., go to File - Account and post a screenshot with the product name, version info etc.

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  • George_Hepworth's avatar
    George_Hepworth
    Silver Contributor
    Dec 01, 2025

    Apparently, the trial version of Microsoft 365 which you installed does not include MS Access. The version of Access on that computer is NOT the full version. It is the runtime version only. The runtime version only allows you to open existing accdb (Access database) files. It doesn't allow you to create or modify databases.

     

     

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