Access 2000 and Access XP on the same machine

message from =?Utf-8?B?S2FyaWJ1c3o=?= on 14 May 2004

Hi everyone!

I have on my PC both Access 2000 and Access XP installed (in different directories). I need that the default version of Access that opens when I double-click an .mdb, .adp etc. file to be Access XP, and not Access 2000, as it is now. (I don't need a shortcut where I can type the location of the desired Access version, I need that Access XP were the default Access.) What can I do for this?

Thanks in advance,
Karibusz

Tony Toews replied to =?Utf-8?B?S2FyaWJ1c3o=?= on 14 May 2004

There are some programs out there which will automatically start the
appropriate version of Access.

One of those is ACCVER - Allows you to work with multiple versions of
MS Access databases. Detects the version of Access used to create your
MDB, MDE or MDA files and either reports the version number or starts
the appropriate version of MS Access.
http://www.aylott.com.au/accver.htm

I've been using it for a few years now and am very happy with it.

Tony

anonymous replied to Tony Toews on 17 May 2004

installed (in different directories). I need that the
default version of Access that opens when I double-click
an .mdb, .adp etc. file to be Access XP, and not Access
2000, as it is now. (I don't need a shortcut where I can
type the location of the desired Access version, I need
that Access XP were the default Access.) What can I do
for this?
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Unfortunately ACCVER doesn't support ADP and ADE files.

Karibusz

Tony Toews replied to anonymous on 26 May 2004

Darn.

1) You can add explicit path and file names of the appropriate
versions of access to all the shortcuts. For example "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office 97\Office\msaccess.exe". Including the quotes
if you have any spaces in the path name which is very likely.

2) Also see: INFO: Access 2000/Access 97 Coexistence FEPs (Frequently
Experienced Problems)
http://www.trigeminal.com/usenet/usenet019.asp?1033
Subject: INFO: Avoiding the default system.mdw loss when
re-registering Access 97
http://www.trigeminal.com/usenet/usenet018.asp

Tony

fred partouche replied to Tony Toews on 29 May 2004

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