[AccessD] A2003 Windows Installer SOLVED

Hi Jim

Well that is about something different - a missing service pack - and doesn't relate to A2007 at all.

So, lucky you, your case must be different from most others including mine.

/gustav

>>> JHewson at nciinc.com 19-11-2008 20:46 >>>
That's the only thing that was changed and now I don't get the Windows
Installer any more.

He found the solution on KBAlertz KB article 914830

Jim

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2003 Windows Installer SOLVED

Hi Jim

Are you sure about this? That key existed and exists in my Registry but
it doesn't change, and the installer for each of A2003 and A2007 insists
to run when the other version has been launched.

/gustav

>>> JHewson at nciinc.com 19-11-2008 16:32 >>>

My favorite IT guru fixed it for me.

He modified the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Excel

He added Excel with
Name	Win32
Type	REG_SZ 
Data	c:\program files\Microsoft Office\office11\msaexp30.dll

That fixed the problem for me.
HTH

Jim

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hewson, Jim 
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Thanks, Rocky, that's what I thought.

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
at Beach Access Software
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:34 AM
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I've never been able to solve it myself or heard of any way to prevent it.
On OT there's been a long running thread on VPC which would seem to work well - put any version of Office which won't play nice into a separate virtual machine.


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com 
www.bchacc.com 
 
 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hewson, Jim 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:30 AM
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Subject: [AccessD] A2003 Windows Installer

I recently received a new machine from my employer.

My previous machine had A97 through A2003 installed with A2007 runtime for testing.

Everything worked fine... well each time either A2003 or A2007 started the first time the Windows installer would go through its thing.

On the new machine, in the beginning the IT folks couldn't get the different version to play nice together.

After many uninstalls and reinstalls etc. I finally have A97, A2000, A2003 and the A2007 runtime.

My issue is that EVERY TIME A2003 starts the Windows Installer begins and if I hit cancel it cancels everything.

It starts even if I have another instance of it open and it doesn't matter how many times I have opened it up in the past it still starts.

 
The IT folks say the next step in to uninstall everything on the machine and reinstall all the software.

Does anyone know how to stop this from happening?  

 

MTA,

 

Jim H.