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unblock files downloaded from the Internet (January 12, 2024)

I have written a tool with which I can easily unblock files downloaded from the Internet or sent by e-mail using drag & drop, instead of having to click on 'Unblock' in the properties for each individual file.

Since I am obviously not the only one who is annoyed by the frequent unnecessary unblocking, I have made it available for download as free software on my homepage.

The "New Outlook" (December 04, 2023)

Microsoft wants to switch all mail clients to a standardised code base. This is why the standalone Windows Mail app and the Windows Calendar app have just been replaced by the so-called "New Outlook". Microsoft is also encouraging users of the current Outlook to try out the new version. This means (apart from privacy and data security issues) that it can no longer be controlled remotely from Excel or Access, as the "New Outlook" no longer contains a COM interface.

It is not yet clear whether the current Outlook will later be forcibly replaced by the "New Outlook". In any case, it will remain available until 2029. The Access team is aware of the problem of the missing interface for remote control and, together with the more influential Excel team, is trying to prevent the worst from happening. You can find out more at Access Forever and at heise.de.

Less is more (May 21, 2023)

After I have recently renewed the site technically and visually, it is now the turn of the content. On a few rainy, non-working days, I ran the database, browser, content blocker and virus scanner at full speed and checked all the links (at least roughly) by hand. In the process, I removed many pages that no longer exist (including some that I remember as really valuable), adjusted quite a few links and descriptions, and deleted or merged some categories.
Now the catalogue is only half the size, but twice as valuable again, because it only contains up-to-date links. But since this can change daily, I hope that you will continue to notify me of pages that have disappeared or changed.

Spring makes everything new (May 07, 2023)

Not only are the rumours about the demise of Access somewhat exaggerated, but the end of Yaccess and Yexcel is still far off. After 22 years, I have visually adapted the website to the current Office colours and brought it up to date with HTML and CSS technology.
And I took the opportunity to modernise and improve the Yaccess generator - the Access database I use to manage the content and generate the (static) web pages. Now Yaccess and Yexcel are generated in both languages from one code base, with uniform HTML and (except for the colours) identical CSS.
I hope you like the site as much as I do and help me with new links and your feedback to keep it up to date for another 22 years.

The future of Microsoft Access (March 19, 2023)

On the ACCESS FOREVER blog, Karl Donaubauer has once again summarised why the end of Microsoft Access is not as near as is often claimed:

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