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

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Jun 3 11:05:44 CDT 2009


In Access 2003

Click Help/About Microsoft Access/System Info/Software
Environment/Running Tasks

Find MSaccess.exe and it says where it is running from on my system anyway.

GK

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:43 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> No.  I didn't know that would tell me where the EXE is located.
>
> John W. Colby
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> 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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