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Can you try (with a copy of your database/environment) to create a minimally reproducible environment by deleting more and more until only essential objects really remain in the database to be able to reproduce the problem? In the best case, perhaps only one table and one form that are causing...

Yes, as far as I know, it only depends on the installation technique of Microsoft Office: MSI installations receive updates through Windows Update and C2R (click-to-run) installations through the dedicated C2R update mechanism.

@cheekybuddha : For me the most important part of support are security updates. But also functional updates are included. @isladogs : As far as I can see both, 2016 and 2019 have extended support until Oct 14, 2025. But I agree, it seems that "extended support" only contains security updates...

@Josef P. : I have had this topic on my radar for a long time and am very interested in it. However, I haven't yet found the time to familiarize myself with it. But I am very grateful for your monologue ;)

Thanks a lot for this validated information, @isladogs , @sonic8 and the Access team! The only 'problem' is that it is estimated that only around a third of our customers use Access 365 (if at all), the rest use the still supported versions 2016 - 2024. Unfortunately, they cannot verify a...

The Microsoft Office Subject Interface Packages for Digitally Signing VBA Projects (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56617) sounded very interesting, but unfortunately it seems not to support Microsoft Access: SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS MSOSIP: Excel: .xla...

Thanks for sharing, Colin. The registry aspect could answer my question from #17: However, as I only have a valid certificate but no Access 365, I cannot test it.

For sure it doesn't work with Microsoft Access 2019 Pro Plus Version 2504 (Build 18730.20186), thats what I tested. Also not shown with my Access 2019. Regarding the time stamp: Time stamping shouldn't belong to the source of the certificate (file or token). But during the signing process an...

Thanks Colin, I will take a look on your site. As long as a timestamp was used at the time of signing, this should not be a problem. Do you know whether timestamps are set during the signing process using Microsoft Access? This is an important point that wasn't clear to me yet. I thought...

Thanks Colin for discussing it. (y) Perhaps the Microsoft Access team will also comment on this? Irrespective of this: Would you be so kind as to upload a signed ACCDB so that I can test with old Access versions whether the signature can withstand a “/decompile /compact”?

@The_Doc_Man : For me it is crucial to deliver decompiled versions of the ACCDBs, as we have had problems in the past with older versions of Microsoft Access correctly executing a database that was compiled with a newer version. Decompiling has always prevented this problem. Conversely...

Yes, please don't mention "I then tried the opposite and decompiled then compacted a signed project from the command line. The project remained signed!". :LOL: Just kidding. I hope this is by intention. I could live with it to decompile/compact after signing. Thanks for testing Colin, I...

My sequence is to execute “/decompile /compact” twice in a row. But that's not the point here. ;) I would like to know if it is still decompiled after signing.

Hello everyone, Unfortunately I don't have Microsoft Access 365, so I can't test it myself. But I am interested in whether a decompiled ACCDB is still decompiled after signing? Is there anything official to read about this, or official statements from Microsoft? Or is it possible to...

@sonic8 : As you're german too: There is also a german version of this article, having many comments maybe be interesing to be read too. ;)

I accidently read this very current article: https://borncity.com/win/2025/05/16/issues-with-visual-c-redistributable-and-odbc/ Maybe there is a relation to your problem with this library?

How about the regional settings in Windows? Maybe they differ from one computer to the other?

@Ranman256 : Which Version of Microsoft Access do you use and which update channel?

Thats what ChatGPT says about:

Or Microsoft SQL Server LocalDB.