> There is a solution to this, however:
> Prepend a localhost: to the database path so TCP/IP is used instead of
> local connections.
>
> Like in localhost:C:\Database\Foo.fdb instead of C:\Database\Foo.fdb

Yes. Your proposed solution always work. But local connection (not localhost in TCP/IP) is important too. The database operation for local connection is 5 to 6 times faster than local loopback TCP/IP connection.

Using local connection is a prefer method when dealing with some database maintenance work.