Strange files in my OneDrive ??

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Strange files in my OneDrive ??

KeldSor 396

I have an Access DB - front and back-end in my cloud - copied to Onedrive on some og my machines in the network.

I noticed yesterday, on mine and other machines in the network, some files on the OneDrive I can't explain the use or purpose of - they seem to be copies of my front end :

Access

What are all these numbered "Slægt-V4-KS-??????-X.accdb" used for ?

Can I just delete the OLD ONEs (= with change dates long gone) ?

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Hi KeldSor,
I noticed you're seeing a bunch of extra Access database files in your OneDrive, like Slægt-V4-KS-??????-X.accdb. That can definitely be confusing!

What’s Going On?

These files are usually created when.

Multiple people open the same Access file at the same time.
OneDrive tries to sync changes from different devices and creates copies to avoid conflicts.
Access crashes or doesn’t save properly, so it makes backup versions.

To answer your question. Yes, you can delete the old ones especially if they haven’t been modified in a long time.

And you’re sure no one is using them. Just make sure to keep a backup before deleting anything, just in case.

How to Avoid This in the Future.

Give each user their own copy of the front-end file.
Keep the back-end (data) on a shared network drive not in OneDrive.
Use OneDrive only for backups, not live editing.

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All the best,

Carl

KeldSor 396 Omdømmepoint

2025-08-08T06:35:47.7366667+00:00
THX for your answer !

The way I use the system I think I have to have access to my data wherever I go - at home, in a pther city, in another museum, in onother church - and when I home again the data on my machine will be syncronized with the data in the cloud an then to the other machines.

What YOU propose as I see it is something like the BACK-end in the cloud and a FRONT-end on every machine in the network - right ?

wouldn't it be very slow ?

I need a COPY of my BACK-end under MY CONTROL - OK, one machine could have an copy on the OneDrive, just as I have today - right ?
I WILL have a copy under my own control - maybe Trump gets even more stupid and blocks access to the cloud for users in the EU !!!!

How can I connect to the "back-end" via MS Access - don't see where I can connect to the cloud like I connect to a DB on my OneDrive ?
Anonym

2025-08-11T20:18:32.3566667+00:00

@KeldSor
What you're aiming for makes perfect sense you want to be able to access your data wherever you are, whether you're at home, in another city, or visiting a museum or church, and then have everything sync back to your main machine when you're home again. The idea of having the cloud as your "back-end" and each device as a "front-end" is spot on. But don’t worry about it being slow if you're using something like OneDrive, it keeps a local copy of your files on each device, so you can work quickly even without internet. Then it syncs changes in the background when you're back online. With Microsoft Access, you can store your database in OneDrive and open it like any other file it works with the local version, so performance is usually smooth. This setup gives you both flexibility and control, and you’ll always have a copy of your data, even if something unexpected happens with cloud access.
KeldSor 396 Omdømmepoint

2025-08-12T06:55:34.8266667+00:00
???? - I don't get you !

In your FIRST posting you wrote:

Give each user their own copy of the front-end file.

Keep the back-end (data) on a shared network drive not in OneDrive.

Use OneDrive only for backups, not live editing.

Add 1. bullet:
Each user already HAVE their own front-end

Add 2. bullet:
I think the CLOUD is a shared 'network' drive, you wrote "NOT IN THE OneDrive" ???
Now you're writing I SHOULD have a back-end in the OneDrive !!!!
Now I'm confused !

Add 3. bullet:
When I attach the FRONT to the BACK in Access I "THINK" I have to attach to the CLOUD - right ?
If NOT then it's the same setup as I already HAVE today - and that's what's giving me these many MSAccess-files I started out wondering about in my original Q !