access 97 and 2000

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luke said:
i would like to know if access 97,2000 and version 2.0 can
be installed on the same pc
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Yes, Install them in different directories in version order.

In order to keep Access 97 from silently self-registering every time its
run, run it once to let it register, then create a new, empty msaccess.srg
file and rename the origninal one to msaccess.srg.OLD
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
Is the same thing true for having Access 2003 on the same machine as
Access97? (The machine uses Windows XP Professional)
 
Not exactly. Access 2002 and later do not use srg files. They write to the
registry. The last file installed is the one registered. You have 3 choices:

1. Hack the registry by building a batch file that rewrites the registry
entries (essentially, thats what the srg file did).

2. Use the SendTo folder to put a shortcut of each version of Access you
have installed. Then simply right-click on a file and send it to the proper
version.

3. There are 3rd party versioning tools that will look at the file headers
and start the correct version of Access.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
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