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How to resolve "You cannot install the 32/64 bit version of Microsoft Access Database Engine because you currently have 64/32 bit Office"

The OP likely prefers installing "ACEDB driver 64-bit" next to the other 64-bit Microsoft program. In my case, I had "Microsoft 365" 64-bit (Microsoft Offic 365) installed, and I ...
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Opening mdb files in Ubuntu

You can use DBeaver. It has "MS Access (UCanAccess)" driver to open .mdb files. To install: wget https://dbeaver.io/files/dbeaver-ce_latest_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i dbeaver-ce_latest_amd64.deb ...
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How to resolve "You cannot install the 32/64 bit version of Microsoft Access Database Engine because you currently have 64/32 bit Office"

Are there any workarounds I can try to get one of these to install? This is a relatively easy problem to solve. Uninstall Office using the automated tool Reinstall Office 2016 Run the following ...
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Opening mdb files in Ubuntu

On Ubuntu 18.04 I tried installing mdbtools-gmdb but it couldn't find the package. I ended up installing mdbtools with apt install mdbtools. This package provides libraries to connect to mdb files as ...
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Access crashes when opening linked table via MySQL ODBC driver

It is a bug in the connector version 8.0.27 which will be fixed in 8.0.28 https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=105503 As 8.0.28 is not yet released, I downgraded to 8.0.26 which seems not to suffer from ...
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Adding a filter to an Access Form

Yes, this is possible. You may find this described in the Microsoft Support article of: Enable users to find a record by selecting a value from a list. The article describes how to create a list box ...
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Repair an Access database from the command line

You may try these VBA code lines to repair Database in different situations. Syntax to Auto-Repair: acCompactRepair "C:\Folder\Database.accdb", True You may try this also: Launch Access, Open the ...
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How to fix 'Microsoft Access can't be started. Microsoft Access was unable to initialize the Windows Registry'?

The issue for me was because the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 had been installed alongside power BI desktop client or the Power BI Report server automatically (not sure which one), and the ...
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What's the install location for the Microsoft Access Runtime?

What's the install location for the Microsoft Access Runtime? It depends on 2 things, 32 or 64 bit and the version number. The default locations are: 32 bit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\...
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How to unroll a row in Excel, to have a better view for editing?

Here is how to add a VBA macro that will show a Data Form for the current row. In Excel Show the Developer tab Save the workbook as a macro-enabled .xlsm file (not .xlsx) Go to the Developer tab ...
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Select cell value not the whole records

With the cursor inside the field, press Home to move the cursor to the start of the data (if it isn't already), then Shift+End to select the entire content. For fields containing integer data or text ...
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How to have MS-Access Query Builder return results from multiple "Not Equals" Criteria?

The problem is when you want to use MS Access's Query Builder to perform a search based on multiple 'not equals' values. The solution makes sense, but it seems counter intuitive. Also, I know that ...
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Counting pairwise combinations from many options in Excel

This is quite simple to do in Excel with a formula that operates on your pivot table. With the two tables set up like this enter the following formula in J2 and ctrl-enter/copy-paste/fill-down&...
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Better to use 1 or multiple database tables?

I'd recommend reading up on database normalization. It should shed some light on how you can lay out your database. For example: a single lake probably always has the same name and coordinates. Why ...
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Can I connect 64-bit MS Access to a 32-bit ODBC driver?

Is there any way to use a 32-bit ODBC driver with a 64-bit application? No. You absolutely cannot mix 32bit application and 64bit driver (or vice-versa). Basically, an ODBC driver is, ...
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Scroll only one section of form in access

You can add forms as sub-forms to other forms. Just drag and drop a form from the navigation pane to the main form being in design view. Set the properties of the sub-forms Record Selector = No and ...
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MS Access DB Instance getting corrupted when put on shared server

While Access databases are capable of working for multiple concurrent users from a shared drive, this has been known to cause corruption. Corruption in shared Access databases has been known to be ...
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Is there a simpler way to input into a multivalue field in Access?

I would strongly suggest avoiding using multivalue fields in MS Access: they go against database normalisation rules and furthermore you cannot easily access or filter the data they hold as you might ...
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Error: Characters found after SQL Statement

Just drop the SELECT statement. It is of no use here. INSERT INTO VersionReleases (CurrentVersionID, PreviousVersionID, ScriptID, ReleaseDate) VALUES (555, 556, 1543, 2018);
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Autohotkey to conditionally ignore native keystroke

You can just use SendInput to do what you want here. A lot of my own keys are setup that way. Capture some keystroke, check a condition and handle it or let the keys "pass through" using SendInput ...
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How to resolve "You cannot install the 32/64 bit version of Microsoft Access Database Engine because you currently have 64/32 bit Office"

If you have 32-bit version of Office, you need to remove the 64 bit version Click to Run. Do the simialr things if you have 64-bit version of Office. To uninstall Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility ...
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Microsoft Access: Query to delete duplicate data but keep most recent

Not the most elegant, but you can try: DELETE FROM mytable tb1 WHERE (Date NOT IN (SELECT MAX(Date) FROM mytable WHERE ID=tb1.ID)) AND (tb1.ID IN (SELECT DISTINCT id FROM table1));
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MS Access keeps stealing focus from VBA

Finally, I've found a solution. In recent versions of MS Access (my reading indicates at least as far back as 2007) it defaults to refreshing any open forms every 60 seconds. This can be disabled ...
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How to unroll a row in Excel, to have a better view for editing?

I haven't read any comments mentioning the built in Excel data form on the Data tab, Data Entry group. Alt A Y 2 keys in Windows. Formulas are read only, cell protection is maintained; however, there'...
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MS Access replace function is not giving the expected result

Apologies, looking with fresh eyes I noticed an extra space. stDigitalFolderLocation = replace(stDigitalFolderLocation, "\\ ", "\") should be: stDigitalFolderLocation = replace(...
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date without dashes and colons ms access + can date be part of autonumber?

To obtain the date format described in your question, use the Format function with the following arguments: Format(Date(), "ddmmyyyy") e.g.: ?Format(Date(), "ddmmyyyy") 08062019 Whilst you can ...
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Can I connect 64-bit MS Access to a 32-bit ODBC driver?

Yes it is possible to connect using ODBC I would suggest looking at an ODBC Bridge that would convert the ODBC connection from 32bit to 64bit but the solution i have seen does cost around £1800
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Transposing columns and values to a key column Microsoft Access

I don't know the SQL used in Access, but in standard SQL this would look similar to: select Item, 'Part A', PartA from Table union select Item, 'Part B', PartB from Table union select Item, 'Part C', ...
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Microsoft Access 2019, One to One relationships (SuperType -> SubType)

You would like to be able to store a row in a dependent table in a foreign-key integrity constraint and that this will automatically create the parent row. This cannot work because: A store in the ...
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Power BI data refresh timeout

That seems a redundant architecture which may be the root cause of your timeouts. I would always connect Power BI directly to SQL Server. In the Query steps, move your Filter, Group By or Remove ...

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