[AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Jun 3 06:43:50 CDT 2009


No.  I didn't know that would tell me where the EXE is located.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Gary Kjos wrote:
> Did you check HELP and System Information inside of Access?
> 
> GK
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:36 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>> One client has a server running Windows 2003 and SQL Server as a BE to various Access FEs.  I was
>> brought back in to this client because the company that did the conversion from Access BE to SQL
>> Server was not doing what they said they would do.  Anyway...
>>
>> I use VPN and remote desktop to remote in to the server.  It is my dev machine simply because they
>> do not have another machine to set me up on.
>>
>> My problem is that they installed Office on this thing (I guess), or at least I can use office on
>> this thing but I cannot FIND the actual office install.  In order to get a /decompile going I need
>> to use a shortcut to the actual Access EXE and then use the /Decompile switch.  Or at least that is
>> how I know to do it.
>>
>> Since I cannot find the exe on the machine I am unable to do this.  Needless to say, Decompile is
>> rather important.
>>
>> I think what is going on is that the office was made part of a domain that exists at another office.
>>  As such I am guessing that my user is "virtual" or whatever you call it, and thus it can use
>> office even though it is actually installed somewhere else, probably in that other office.
>>
>> Has anyone ever run into this?
>>
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