Re: Access 2003 and Access 2007 on same machine

Wayne wrote:
Are you saying that if a company has some older Access apps
(A97...A2003) on their computers and they upgraded to Office 2007 they
can't use the older apps unless they go thru some rigamarole of
dual-booting or running virtual machines?- Hide quoted text -


Hi Salad. Sounds like you haven't come up against this frustrating
problem yet. The problem arises when Access 2007 and an earlier
version, A2003 for instance, are installed on the same machine. Each
time either version is opened, after the other installed version has
been opened, it goes through a "reinstall" process which is time
consuming and frustrating to the user.

For example if you have been running A2003 and then try to run A2007,
a lengthy reinstall process starts, during which you have almost
enough time to go away and make a coffee. Similarly, if you have been
running A2007 and then run A2003, a "reinstall" of A2003 starts. It
is somewhat shorter than the A2007 "reinstall".

I've seen the same problem when trying to run other Office 2007 apps
together with earlier versions. For Word and Excel the problem seems
to be addressed here:
http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/07/21/how-to-get-rid-of-the-installer-configuration-dialog-when-running-office-2007-and-office-2003-on-the-same-system-for-vista-and-other-versions-of-windows.aspx

Not so for Access though. "Word" can be replaced with "Access" in the
registry hack posted on this site, but it still doesn't fix the
problem.

The dual booting and virtual machines mentioned by other posters are
solutions that have been suggested, but are probably no less an
inconvenience than the "reinstall" fiasco.

The sooner MS addresses this problem, if they address it at all, the
happier a whole bunch of developers will be.


I have Office 2007 but I haven't installed it. In the past 2-3 weeks I've read so many threads about bugs it gives me pause.

Thanks for the heads up. I have a potential client that has Office 2007, with Access, installed. My app is in 2003. I'm not sure how happy he'll be with the situation you described.

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