[AccessD] Access crashing on Citrix

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Apr 9 13:09:33 CDT 2003


Hi Mark

Have you tried write-protecting the application file or running it off
a directory where the users have read-only rights only?

This, of course, requires that your app doesn't write to itself by,
say, creating temporary queries.

/gustav


>   We have a client who is using an Access 2000 db on Citrix.  The Citrix
> environment is NT 4, Service pack 6A.  I don't understand all the specifics,
> but the hoster has two load balanced servers, I'll call A and B.  The last
> couple months, we have been seeing people unable to open Access, usually in
> the afternoon.

> 1. All access apps are affected, not just ours.  A message will come up
> saying that the file can't be found.  Again, I don't know all the specifics,
> but the way the hoster installs Access it is like all users are sharing a
> copy of the Access program.  When one user's Access crashes, all do.  We
> haven't yet been able to determine the point of the failure.



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