Hello all... I work with several MS Access databases that I have used for years. Today, all of a sudden, MS Access is giving me the following error message whenever I try to access any linked (text) file I've been using for years:"This is not a valid name. Make sure it is a valid parameter or alias name, that it does not include invalid characters or punctuation, and that the name is not too long."Looks like all the linked tables of all my (nine different) databases have been affected... Has been any recent Office update? Any idea why such error may occur all of a sudden, after everything being working fine all these years until last week??I just want to emphasize that I'm not trying to link a new file... Those files have literally been linked for years and I use the databases on a weekly bases... Also, the linked files are very simple (no weird characters or "too long" names. For example: "SALES.TXT")
I've taken note of this forum policy ("Posting the same question on multiple websites (cross-posting) is strongly discouraged on this forum. If you really had to do it, please specify it in your post and list all links to your messages on other websites."), but I am desperate, I have a lot of work to do and I have been unable to do anything because of this problem. I've asked about this in Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/MSAccess/co...l_of_a_sudden/) and also in the Microsoft forum (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...d-80267037e935), for the record...