[AccessD] The Annoying Flash - Redux

Hi William

Here's a tiny but extremely efficient tool for you:

  http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml

It'll show all or selected activity reading/writing the registry.

Try loading, say, Word.
At first the activity might elevate your paranoia to a new and
dangerous level, but by watching the log - noticing the number of
Succeeds - should bring you full relief.

/gustav


> Hi William

> Hmmm, to me Access - no matter what version - certainly isn't that
> flaky.

> Remember, here we are changing a value only - not adding  or deleting a
> key. If the API call is send, Windows handles it; if it fails during a
> crash, Windows does nothing.

> /gustav


>> ...call it paranoia but its my experience ...Access is not an app I will
>> call the registry from if there is another way.

>>> You must be in your paranoid corner this afternoon.
>>>
>>> The registry is supposed to be written to, Windows and most apps do it
>>> every second, and you have no other way to do it than through well
>>> documented API calls. If something happens no one can or will blame
>>> your app but Windows itself or some hardware failure.
>>>
>>> /gustav
>>>
>>>
>>> > ...yikes ...certainly not disputing your facts gustav but I avoid changing
>>> > the registry programmatically at almost any cost ...no more certain way to
>>> > destroy a Windows computer than corrupting the registry ...and doing so
>>> > programmatically from Access without backing it up first is, imnsho, an
>>> > exercise in Russian Roulette ...not my favorite game :(