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Anonymous
2013-12-18T16:01:06+00:00

Access 13 opens all my databases in exclusive mode. This prevents word merge (and possibly other things) from working. How van I get back to normal?

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Anonymous
2015-10-26T16:06:43+00:00

What exactly is your problem? One thing that really limits Access databases is if they are not in a Trusted Location. Could that be the cause?

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Anonymous
2013-12-18T18:00:18+00:00

File -> Options -> Client Settings

Scroll down almost to the bottom and locate the setting entitled 'Default open mode' and ensure it is set to 'Shared'

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Anonymous
2013-12-18T17:48:53+00:00

I haven't worked with 2013, but all previous versions had a option under the Client Settings where you could set to either open all databases as Shared or Exclusive.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-19T20:48:46+00:00

    You're welcome, Pete.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-18T18:04:54+00:00

    So simple - thanks  lot that did the trick.

    I didn't think to look under "Clients".

    So thanks again it has been driving me mad.

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