Bob Gajewski
rbgajewski at adelphia.net
Wed Apr 27 11:32:00 CDT 2005
I don't know how technical your client is ... Open Explorer, then click on View, Folder Options, File Types. Navigate to .MDB Click on Advanced, Open, Edit. Make sure that the end of the Application Used To Perform Action has "%1" (including the quotes). This is the parameter that tells Windows to pass the db filename to Access. For Access2K3, the string is probably: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 9.0\Office\MSACCESS.EXE" /NOSTARTUP "%1" The "%1" also has to be in the DDE message ([SetForeground][ShellOpenDatabase "%1"]), but just looking for it should help identify if this is the problem. Regards, Bob Gajewski -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:32 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Double-clicking MDB in explorer does not open MDB... Hey, I have a client that is having the problem that when she double-clicks the MDB in explorer, Access opens, but the MDB does not open. If she then does file/open from within Access, it opens the database correctly. Anyone have any ideas as to what may be going on and how to fix it? Thanks, Bobby -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com