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Microsoft Access 2016 CPU Usage Issue

Anonymous
2016-12-10T16:05:45+00:00

I am having an issue where Access is using about 23 % cpu while open and doing nothing. For example I create a new database, locate it on the desktop. There are no tables, queries, or forms. There are no enabled add-ins. Just an empty database doing nothing. No other applications open.

Resource monitor shows MSACCESS.exe 24% cpu usage. Memory steady no changes. Network activity none, disk activity none. I have performed an office repair, had no effect.

It makes no difference whether it is this new empty database, or a database with any number of tables and forms. One thing I have noticed is if I go into File|Options, cpu usage drops to between 0-2%.

Any help appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-12-18T13:10:39+00:00

    Tom thanks, but there has to be a reason. Can't believe this is correct behavior especially for an Office app.

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  2. Tom van Stiphout 40,201 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-12-11T00:01:43+00:00

    Try not to worry about it. There is nothing you can do to affect this (except File>Open apparently).

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