Access code broke today

[MW4]

I believe it was a security patch

Now I get an error here:

Access = ObjectOpen("Access.Application")

I'm uninstalling updates one by one, will keep you all posted

[MW4]

Error is OLE initiate failed

[stanl]

I feel your pain.  Just a SWAG but you might need oAccess = ObjectOpen("Access.Application.#")  where # is the version of Access/Office and the oAccess is just in case there is a syntax issue, but more likely you have some major corruption and rebuilding is the answer.

[td]

You may get lucky and just need to re-register the Access COM server to fix some kind of registry corruption.

[MW4]

It's not an Access database issue, they are fine and not corrupted WBT just can't initiate OLE in order to insert rows into the database.
References are ok. Microsoft Office 2016 installed a bunch of updates. I uninstalled them all, but the issue persists.

I'm going to try your version solution, but what's the oAccess vs Access?

[MW4]

How do I do that re-register the Access COM server ?

[td]

It's not an Access database issue, they are fine and not corrupted WBT just can't initiate OLE in order to insert rows into the database.
References are ok. Microsoft Office 2016 installed a bunch of updates. I uninstalled them all, but the issue persists.

I'm going to try your version solution, but what's the oAccess vs Access?

No one said it was an "Access database issue" nor that your databases are corrupt.  WinBatch can't initiate the Access Com Automation object which is the result of something completely different.  If you are lucky the cause of the latter is as previously mentioned deleted or corrupt registry entries.  Corrupt registry entries are an all to common problem of Microsoft's never-ending stream of updates.

[MW4]

Was just ruling them out...as Access has a reputation of corruption.
So how do I re register the Access COM server ?

[td]

You fire up your favorite Web search engine and find out how to use the command line tool. You will likely find something like the following:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490985.aspx

And then you figure out the name and location of the dll or exe you need to register.  In this case, it may simply be <wherever that happens to be installed on your system> "MSACCESS.EXE".

There is no guarantee that this will fix your problem but it has a high enough probability of success to at least give it a try. 

[td]

Forgot to add the usual warning that you should backup your registry before making any changes...

[MW4]

Changing to Access.Application.15 doesn't work

trying to register msaccess.exe and getting Entry Point Not Found

ran a SFC /Scannow, no go.

I'm trying an office reinstall

[MW4]

That did it...an office online repair.

What a pain in the rear day

[td]

At least it's fixed.