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Many thanks, WIS, The MS remedy will probably fix it. However, I now have to follow software download approval procedures. :o( Cheers Martin

Hi David, thanks! I already had a front-end/back-end structure and was getting the problem with both ends. I took your advice and re-imported to brand new files, which is also a solution I've used in the past to fix corruptions. Sadly, this time, it still hasn't fixed the problem. Any...

Thanks for prompt response, David! Tried what you suggested but it still left the files as per my original message. Thing is, I've been using Access for years with no trouble, yet this problem has only emerged recently. Any other thoughts, please? Cheers Martin

In my previous experience, Compact & Repair creates a temporary file, DB1.mdb, etc, to perform the C&R. This then gets renamed to the original filename and the old file gets deleted when the C&R completes. What's happening at the moment is that this renaming and deleting is not being done...