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Asked: 2026-06-05T22:27:08+00:00

This may be a simple fix and maybe I’m missing something obvious, but when

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This may be a simple fix and maybe I’m missing something obvious, but when I split my DB it wasn’t entirely finished, and there have been modifications requested which require me to edit my backend.

How come it’s not the same GUI layout (exactly)? Tables open in “windows” within Access, and when maximized, cannot be closed, etc. It’s annoying as hell as I can’t close my table to deal with its relations. I can only get to design view by finding it in the Tables list and RightClick->Design instead of on the bar above the tables, etc.

Is there a setting somewhere that caused these minor GUI changes when I split the DB? How do I put it back, as it’s bugging me greatly; slowing down modifications by a lot.

EDIT: It seems that the “tab windows” option was removed for the backend for some reason..

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  1. Editorial Team

    Appearance of the windows in MS Access 2012 is controlled by the Options settings:

    File->Options->Current Database under Document Windows Options

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