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In case it helps anyone else, I finally figured out what was causing this problem. I had Grammarly for Windows & Grammarly for Office installed on one user account but not the other. That seems to be keeping the process open. If I close the Grammarly for Windows tray icon, the problem goes away...

No this is occurring on a brand new tester accdb file that I created just to prove the behaviour. If I create a new db & form, I get the same, so I think it is a problem with the environment rather than the project.

Thanks Jiri, I have seen a few posts suggesting that, but I have already added the path to my trusted location I'm afraid

One thing I completely forgot to try before, is running Access as Admin (whilst logged on to the profile with the problem). The process does NOT stay open when I do this - i.e. problem goes away.

Thank you all for your suggestions so far. I can create the accdb file in any folder on the drive and I get the same problem. If I do so, I am making sure that I also add that folder to the trusted locations in Access before doing the test. I have checked the file and folder permissions though...

The video shows me opening Access twice. The first time I don't open the form and so it closes properly, the second time I do open the form and so it doesn't close the process. The form is nothing special - doesn't have any code at all.

Hi gemma-the-husky, Does this video help?

I just tried this in a different Windows user account (on the same machine) and it was fine so it is something to do with my user profile I think.

Hi all, I have been having problems with the Access (x86 CTR 365) process remaining open after closing it down, but only after a form has been opened containing a control. If I don't open the form, the process closes fine. The database lock file DOES get removed every time though. I haven't...