Combo box errors with linked vs. native table as rowsource

[Dave]

I have a combo box whose rowsource is a linked table residing in
another mdb in the same directory as the target application.

When the form with the combo box is opened, all of the values in the
pick list show as #Deleted. Refreshing/requerying does not fix this.

I solved the problem by populating a copy of the rowsource table in
the target application instead of using the linked table as the
rowsource, but am still wondering why the error when using the linked
table. Any ideas?

Thanks
Dave