[AccessD] Path name/length

Bryan Carbonnell carbonnb at gmail.com
Wed Mar 20 12:48:06 CDT 2013


maybe the ! in the path is giving Access a fit?

Bryan

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:30 PM, James Button
<jamesbutton at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> The foldernames you give are different for the implied CDir in Access and
> the actual file location
> Could be the 'Start' icon you are using is a shortcut - if so, check it's
> properties, and adjust as appropriate
>
> Then, when Access is loaded go to File Options and check through that -
> starting with
> General
> Default Database Folder
>
> JimB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Bassett" <kathryn at bassett.net>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 5:14 PM
> Subject: [AccessD] Path name/length
>
>
>
> Every time I open Access (2010), I get this message:
>
> MS Access can't change the working directory to
> c:\users\Kathryn2012\documents\Access\!Kathryn
> Verify that the drive is valid and the path is 260 characters or less in
> length
>
> My databases are in
> C:\Users\Kathryn2012\Documents\Dropbox\KRB-Docs\Access\!Kathryn
>
> If I just click ok, Access opens the way it should and there is no problem,
> but why is it giving me this message in the first place? Why is it *trying*
> to change the directory?
>
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