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 In Access 2007 for query exports to Excel 2007 – How do you turn off Automatic backups
How can Access 2007 be set so that when it exports queries to Excel 2007, backups are NOT created in Excel each time the Excel file is saved?  How can Access 2007 be set so as not to cause EXCEL 2007 to backup exported query files?

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Windows XP Pro, Access 2007, Excel 2007
ASKED: December 20, 2010  12:00 PM
UPDATED: March 11, 2011  2:54 PM

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That is an Excel problem, not access.

You need to go into Excel tools options and unset the box telling Excel to make backups. Be aware that this will also stop backups being made of all workbooks saved.

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