Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Tue Mar 4 15:20:08 CST 2003
I don't have XP and 97 (I have 97 and 2k though), and installing on different drives only solves 1 of the concerns about dual installations. When you install 'upwards', you can tell 2k and XP to keep previous versions, this prevents it from overwriting registry entries for previous versions. Even with that option, you need to install in a different directory (since the .exe's are named the same), and one other item, is you need to 'rename' the program folder (in your start menu, because the new version will overwrite the old versions shortcuts....I know that's cosmetic, but it's something to keep in mind). However, installing backwards, 97 is not aware of 2k or XP, so it can very easily write over registry settings it doesn't know need to be set a particular way. Drew -----Original Message----- From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:48 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access 2002 and 97 on separate partitions There isn't much problem running AXP and A97 on the same drive because they use different dlls (for the most part) and are based on different versions of VB. It's AXP and A2k that create havoc when run together. Unfortunately, different drives don't solve the problems because the dlls are still installed on your system drive. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Tesiny, Ed [mailto:EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us] Sent: 4. ožujak 2003 11:03 To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Access 2002 and 97 on separate partitions Hi All, My PC is partitioned into two drives C: & D: Access 2002 is installed on the C: and I would like to install Access 97 on the D: drive so I get get some decent Help back. Since two different drives are involved I don't think I need to take any special precautions, am I correct here? I know you have to be careful when installing different versions on the same drive. TIA Ed Edward P. Tesiny New York State OASAS Evaluation and Program Monitoring 1450 Western Ave. Albany, New York 12203-3526 Phone: (518) 485-7189 Fax: (518) 485-5769 EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20030304/bcd183c5/attachment-0001.html>