Cannot open two data base files at the same time

Question

This morning I am being unable to open two databases at the same time by clicking on the shortcut or on the database icon itself.

That is to say, I can open one database (for example, db1.accdb) , but when I try to open a second database at the same time (db2.accdb) by clicking on the icon or on the shortcut, nothing occurs. Notwithstanding, I can open the second data base if I open another instance of Access (by clicking on the Access program icon) and navigate to the needed file.

I have never experienced this problem until today. Until now I was  able to open any number of databases at the same time without any problem.

I have full repaired Office 2019 with any improvement

Any help will be appreciated

Huaca2

Answer 1

The author wrote that they had resinstalled Windows, which cleared the issue.

Answer 2

I think to remember that there was not two instances of Access, but I cannot confirm it because, given the annoying situation, yesterday night I took the hard approach and reinstalled Windows 1809 and all the programs,  so, after a few hours of work, I have again the system working (and hope the problem doesn't reappear!)

Anyway, thank you very much to all of you for your help .

Huaca2

Answer 3

Good. We have visitors here with a variety of skills so it makes sense to get the really basic stuff out of the way.

Q1: When you open the second app, and nothing happens, does Task Manager > Details show two instances of Access?

Q2: Just to eliminate some other options, create 2 blank databases and repeat the test.

Answer 4

Thank you Tom.

I have followed your suggestion, but this not seems to be the problem. There is no hidden instance of Access running and, as a matter of fact, my first attempt to solve the problem was to reboot the machine, without any succeed.

Yours - Huaca 2

Answer 5

Maybe you have an invisible instance of Access running. Find it with Task Manager > Details, or reboot your machine.