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Sometimes you change columns in a table, and Access starts moaning about the missing column.. Probably Access added some extended properties to tables and/or column, and here’s how to drop them. Keep in mind these all start with MS_..

This script will create a drop statement for all the tables and column. Read the result through carefully, and proceed at your own risk:

--tables
select 'EXEC sp_dropextendedproperty
@name = '''+name+'''
,@level0type = ''schema''
,@level0name = ' + object_schema_name(extended_properties.major_id) + '
,@level1type = ''table''
,@level1name = ' + object_name(extended_properties.major_id)
from sys.extended_properties
where extended_properties.class_desc = 'OBJECT_OR_COLUMN'
and extended_properties.minor_id = 0
union
--columns
select 'EXEC sp_dropextendedproperty
@name = '''+sys.extended_properties.name+'''
,@level0type = ''schema''
,@level0name = ' + object_schema_name(extended_properties.major_id) + '
,@level1type = ''table''
,@level1name = ' + object_name(extended_properties.major_id) + '
,@level2type = ''column''
,@level2name = ' + columns.name
from sys.extended_properties
join sys.columns
on columns.object_id = extended_properties.major_id
and columns.column_id = extended_properties.minor_id
where extended_properties.class_desc = 'OBJECT_OR_COLUMN'
and extended_properties.minor_id > 0