Access 2000 Crash Problem

[Paul-News]

I have just started having a problem with query design view in Access 2000.
Whenever I try to right click to modify a selected output field, Access is
crashing. It does this in all, but one of my applications and I cannot
determine what might have changed or is different. If anyone has ever seen
these before and knows how to resolve it, it would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
Paul

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

Make sure that you have all service packs installed. I've always found
Access 2000 to be unstable during development, although it did well once the
finished app was compiled and delivered. Just make sure that you have plenty
of back-ups.

 

[Paul-News]

I've got all the patches that are out there. I'm not sure what would have
changed to affect all of my existing db's (except for one from someone
else). These same db's work just fine on other machines. I've reinstalled
Office to no avail.

The applications run just fine. It's just that I cannot right click to
modify a query in design mode. Nor can I select the toolbox from the design
screen without it shutting down.

 

[Paul-News]

It actually appears that I cannot view any toolbars at all. Simply hovering
over View > Toolbars causes a crash.


Paul

 

[boblarson]

I'm sorry for the simple question (not to insult your intelligence) but have
you rebooted your machine and then tried it?
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[Paul-News]

I've rebooted, repaired, reinstalled, and restored Windows from an earlier
restore point. I've compacted/repaired, decompiled/recompiled, checked
references, relinked tables.

But, I finally did figure out a way to solve the problem about an hour ago.
Somehow, disabling the options to allow toolbar changes and/or allowing
built-in toolbars did the trick. I never changed these options to begin
with, so I'm not sure why they became an issue all of the sudden. But, I
can now edit my queries in design view again.

Go figure.


Paul

 

[Fred]

Sometimes weird problems like this come a few bits of the "RAM" gone bad.
You might want to test yours.....there's free software availabel on line to
do that.

Probably only a 20% chance that this is the cause, but it's easy, free and a
good idea either way to check out.

 

[David W. Fenton]

It actually appears that I cannot view any toolbars at all.
Simply hovering over View > Toolbars causes a crash.

Sounds like a video driver problem.

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

Sounds like a video driver problem.

Good chance of that. Or a video card going bad. Usually though, the problems
are intermittent.

 

[Paul-News]

Another MS Access resource of mine originally suggested this as well. Just
curious as to why the only problem I'm having is/was in MS Access. I have
not noticed problems in any other applications.

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Sometimes weird problems like this come a few bits of the "RAM" gone bad.
You might want to test yours.....there's free software availabel on line to
do that.

Probably only a 20% chance that this is the cause, but it's easy, free and a
good idea either way to check out.

One such is www.memtest86.com. See
http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/arch...orget-to-run-a-memory-diagnostic-program.aspx
for my experiences.

Tony

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[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

Access uses resources intensely. You would notice it in other resource
intensive programs like Photoshop on large files.
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[David W. Fenton]

Another MS Access resource of mine originally suggested this as
well. Just curious as to why the only problem I'm having is/was
in MS Access. I have not noticed problems in any other
applications.

It's the interaction of mouse and the control that the mouse pointer
is hovering over. Since the control is an Access-only control,
that's why you don't have problems in other applications.

 

[Paul-News]

I finally got around to testing the memory and video card. I tested
memory, video card and it's memory, and reloaded the video driver. The
problem has not subsided.

I do have one Access application in which this does not happen. It is the
most complex one we use and I do not have any problems with it. All other
new and/or existing mdb's exhibit the symptom.

What's the control that is used? Is this something that can be reinstalled?


Paul

 

[David W. Fenton]

What's the control that is used? Is this something that can be
reinstalled?

No -- it's in the resources that are installed as part of Access,
and, I suspect, buried in a DLL somewhere.

Perhaps a fresh re-install of Access (after completely removing it)
might help. And then a rebuild of the custom toolbar that's causing
the problem.

I can't think of anything else beyond that.

I do note one thing:

You say you reloaded the video driver. Did you check to see if there
was an updated video driver? If not, do that before you waste any
time uninstalling and re-installing.