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Perhaps you are using the 64-bit version of Office. &nbsp;If so, that may be causing the problem. &nbsp;Best to uninstall and reinstall using the 32-bit version. &nbsp;So far, even Microsoft says there is no compelling reason to use the 64-bit version of Office.
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Perhaps you are using the 64-bit version of Office.  If so, that may be causing the problem.  Best to uninstall and reinstall using the 32-bit version.  So far, even Microsoft says there is no compelling reason to use the 64-bit version of Office.

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Un-installing and re-installing Office resolved the issue. &nbsp;Thanks.
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Un-installing and re-installing Office resolved the issue.  Thanks.

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I recently upgraded to Access 2013 and I'm trying to use the templates provides, in particular the &quot;Desktop asset tracking&quot; template. &nbsp;But I get an error message saying &quot;Template 'Desktop asset tracking.accdt' could not be instantiated&quot;. &nbsp;I get a similar error for all templates.<br />
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Please let me know of a solution to resolve this problem. &nbsp;Thanks.
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I recently upgraded to Access 2013 and I'm trying to use the templates provides, in particular the "Desktop asset tracking" template.  But I get an error message saying "Template 'Desktop asset tracking.accdt' could not be instantiated".  I get a similar error for all templates.

Please let me know of a solution to resolve this problem.  Thanks.

Why won't templates work in MS Access 2013?

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.