[AccessD] Access 97 and 2000 on same machine

Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Tue Apr 8 09:08:22 CDT 2008


I have the same problem with 2003<-->2007.  Both ways.  And it's a coffee
break kind of delay.  

Even if specifying  the path to the executable and the specific mdb to open
would work, for me it wouldn't be practical because of the large number of
different mdbs I open every day.  Although I suppose I could have a shortcut
folder with all shortcuts to the various mdbs.

I'm not doing any 2007 development now and have temporarily finessed the
problem by putting 2007 on a secondary machine.  But Virtual PC may be the
ultimate solution here if no one can come up with something better.

Rocky





 	
	

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:51 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 97 and 2000 on same machine

Hi Andy,
I was just thinking that if it hadn't installed properly, it might still be
trying to do the "runonce" routine at first start up.
As I say, just a WAG and doesn't appear to be your problem.
Sorry.

The only other thing I can suggest is that they are both using common/shared
DLLs.  Probably (guessing now), the only way is to uninstall the later
version, make sure the 97 is working 100% and then reinstall the later
version ensuring that it goes into its own directory and not any shared
directories.

Other than than??

Max
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 97 and 2000 on same machine

Wasn't sure what you meant Max so I scanned Reg for RunOnce and it only
appears as a key under Windows itself not under Office. Is that wrong?

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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 97 and 2000 on same machine
Date: 08/04/08 11:03


Just a WAG, but would it have anything to do with the "RUN ONCE" flags on
the Registry not being updated?
Max


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:13 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 97 and 2000 on same machine

Thanks for the reply Robin. Not sure that's it though. Yes I use this to
open each MDB with its appropriate version of Access but I'm just talking
about opening Access itself. Let' say I have 2 icons on my desktop, one to
open each version of Access (not a specific MDB). I open A2K and immediately
close it. I open A97 and immediately close it. When I reopen A2K I get this
delay while it goes into a (not so very long) configuration routine as
described below. If I close it and reopen it again there's no problem, but
as soon as I open A97 then the next time I open A2K it happens again.

And I'm not using Access security so can it an MDW issue?

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Andy Lacey
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--------- Original Message --------
From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 97 and 2000 on same machine
Date: 08/04/08 08:51


Hi Andy,
I use a shortcut pointing to the appropriate Access executable as below
"C:Program FilesMicrosoft Office97OfficeMSACCESS.EXE" /wrkgrp "f:rg
dataSYSTEM.MDW" "C:Program FilesRG Ordersxxxxxxx.mdb"

Rgds
Robin


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: 08 April 2008 09:29
To: Dba
Subject: [AccessD] Access 97 and 2000 on same machine


Hi folks
I'm sure this was dealt with years ago but I can't find the answer. I'm
hitting this issue only now cos I've just been asked to support some new
(make that old) systems. Anyway, when you have A97 and A2K and are switching
between them how do you stop A2K going through a mini-install each time you
go back to it? The message is "Please wait while Windows configures
Microsoft Office 2000 Professional", a quick whizz of the progress bar and
all's ok, but it's irritating to see it many times a day. If I Google this
message the MS solution's for something else and suggests making reg entries
that're already there, and there are lots of other suggestions which don't
fit me. Does anyone have the definitive solution? Can it be prevented at
all?

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Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk

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