[German]On February 1, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, there are updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016 that address the Access issue of only one user being able to open a database. Here's a brief overview.
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The updates apply to the installable MSI version of Office and are delivered via Windows Update. Click-to-run packages will receive the updates through other channels. For this reason, Office 2019 no longer appears in the list below, where only click-to-run installers are available. Microsoft lists the updates on this page.
Office 2016
The packages are distributed automatically via Windows Update, but can also be downloaded and installed manually via the linked KB articles. This time there was only the following update:
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB5002138): Fixes he Access problem, see the following explanations.
The update is provided automatically via Windows Update, but can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center and installed manually. The download addresses can be found in the linked KB article. By the way, Office 2016 is out of mainstream support on October 13, 2020, but will still get security updates until October 14, 2025.
The Access bug
This update is intended to finally correct the, as a result of the December 2021 security updates, Access bug that blocks a database access by multiple users in network environments (see Status of the access bug after December 2021 update (2022/01/03)). The KB article states:
This update fixes an issue where multiple users cannot open a Microsoft Access database at the same time if the network paths contain DFS namespaces, short file names, or mapped drives. In addition, one of the following error messages is displayed:
- Could not use 'path to database.accdb'; file already in use.
- Could not lock file
For more information, see Error in Access when opening a database on a network file share.
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Office 2013
The packages are distributed automatically via Windows Update, but can also be downloaded and installed manually via the linked KB articles. This time there was only the following update:
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB5002151): Fixes the Access problem, see above explanations.
Office 2010 has been out of support since October 2020 and also did not get an update.
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Microsoft Office Updates (February 1, 2022) fixes Access issues
Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 8, 2022)
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Microsoft Office Patchday (December 7, 2021)
Patchday: Microsoft Office December 2021 updates (14.12.2021) causes Access issues
Microsoft confirms issues in all Access versions after December 2021 Update
Status of the access bug after December 2021 update (2022/01/03)
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