I'd suspect that, because those are system objects, when you try to query them the server is defaulting to looking in MASTER, not MASTER_Old.

I'd suggest instead trynig to...

I'd like to think my attitude towards technology parallels the Marines mantra...
Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Currently, my personal phone is an Android (Google Pixel XL) and I'm quite happy...

It's not required to set the DB to Simple to shrink a transaction log, but the question you need to ask and answer first is the why?

Why are...

Man, I step away from the forum for a week while I was out of the office, and this thread pretty much went dark...
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Now to go...

Currently I'm the sole DBA on my team and quite frankly, I'm not a fan of the situation.  I don't think my bosses are either, but budget and contract things...

DesNorton, thank you.  I thought when I'd puttered with the trial of Prompt, it would do that, I just re-trialed it on my lab PC and it does seem to...