ACC2000: Recent File List Displays Deleted .MDB Files

ID: Q209676

The information in this article applies to:
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).


SUMMARY

When you open a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) or a Microsoft Access project (.adp), Microsoft Access remembers the name and displays the name in the Recent File List on the File menu. The four most recently opened databases are displayed on the list. However, if you delete a database on the list, the Recent File list continues to show it as a valid database even though it does not actually exist. After you open other databases, the list is updated, and the deleted file eventually disappears from the list.


MORE INFORMATION

If you do not want the Recent File list to appear on the File menu, follow these steps:

  1. Open any Access database or Access project.


  2. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  3. Click the General tab.


  4. Click the Recently file list check box to remove the check mark.


  5. Click OK.


Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new database and save it.


  2. Close the file and quit Access.


  3. In Windows Explorer, delete the database..


  4. Start Access and click Cancel to close the Opening dialog box.


  5. Click the File menu.

    Note that the database that you just deleted is still in the File menu list.


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Keywords          : kbui kbdta UifOthr 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999