[AccessD] Windows 7 & Access 2007 (.mde) Caution Warning!!!

Robert robert at servicexp.com
Sun Jan 24 13:29:50 CST 2010


Jim,
  You have lost me brother... Where does Access 2003 come into play, I don't
believe that I mentioned that in the problem?? Access 2003 isn't installed
on any of these beta testers machines...

WBR
Robert


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:18 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 7 & Access 2007 (.mde) Caution Warning!!!

Hi Robert:

It seems to be in the order of installation... Access2007, then Access 2003
and finally Access 2007 again. Even though Access 2003 and 2007, are
supposed to be able to co-exist this is not true. Each one will over-write
files in the "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office11 and
Office12" subdirectories and clobber or confuse them selves and the other. I
played for a couple of hours to get them both to play nice on my development
computer. 

I think if you want to get a perfect install your method might be the
best... Uninstall 2003 and re-install 2007. 

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:59 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Windows 7 & Access 2007 (.mde) Caution Warning!!!

Ok, so you may remember in my earlier posts about my observations of the
above. I mentions that I had never had a user corrupt a FE. Well, reports
started to come in from like 8 of the 11 beta users with the EXACT same
error.

I spent pretty much all day yesterday, looking through my code, looking for
a possible cause. The problem was, I could not create the problem on my 3
test boxes. So I started to look at the differences in the computer systems,
and the one discernible difference was the:

"Microsoft Office Access Database Engine 2007"

Was installed on the effected Windows 7 / Access 2007 machines. The beta
testers that did not have that problem, did not have this under installed
programs.

After un-installing the above along with the Access Runtime (I just did this
for caution), then re-installing my program with the Access Runtime. The
error appears to be gone.

I'm not sure you really need to un-install the Access Runtime Engine, as I
did this and re-installed, before realizing the Database Engine thing, and
it made no difference in the error, it remained.

The problem is, I don't know why / how this Database Engine is getting
installed. It's removal doesn't seem to affect any of the office programs..
I'm a little concerned that it will get automatically installed again
through updates....


Where does one go to submit this with the MS Access Team, because this seems
like a "real hum dinger" of a problem...???


WBR
Robert



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