[AccessD] Lock File Problem

[jack drawbridge]

Rocky,

Richard Rost just released a youtube video on this bug
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPC0dhgVYeg>.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 12:49 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear List:
>
> The guy who acquired my E-Z-MRP system suddenly has users experiencing a
> problem where the lock files on the front end end are not deleted when the
> user closes the app, and the back end lock file is not deleted when the
> last user exits.  And they cannot be deleted manually as Access still has
> an entry in the Task Manager which prevents a user from deleting the lock
> file.
>
> Apparently a known problem from what internet research I've done, and is
> due to an update to O365, that was done last December.  And the users
> reporting the problem are using O365.
>
> I don't use O365 and so can't replicate the problem.  He doesn't have a
> version of Office - 2010, 2013, etc. - to test on but my lock files are
> disappearing as they always have - I'm using O2010.
>
> Can anyone shed any more light on this problem and is there a way to roll
> back updates like the previous versions of Access?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky
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