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Access 2000 and Windows XP

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by shihalud

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I am running MS Access 2000 SR1a on Windows XP. I have a database that launches a startup menu when it is opened. The problem I am having is that when I am logged in under the USER (non-admin) account in XP, and I try to launch the database from a shortcut on the desktop the Windows Installer app starts but doesn?t identify what it is trying to load. I also tried on MS template databases (Contact Management) and its does that same thing. I don?t have this problem if I am logged on under the administrator account. Also if I launch Access first and then open the database everything is fine. Any ideas?? Thanks

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by tduval

If I remember it correctly, you need read/write rights to execute access MDB.

Change your local or network rights in accordance.

by shihalud

File already set to allow full sharing access. I don't know if this matters but the file I am trying to acccess is on a 98SE machine and I am running a small peer-to-peer network, and the files are on the 98SE machine. Internal access is also ok because if I open MS Access and then the file everyting is ok. Thanks again

by karpi

Hello,

O2K needs to do some registry editing for a user starting 02kk(XP) the first time.

Just point the installer to the folder/CD from where Office was installed.

HTH
Karpi

by shihalud

Tried this already and it doesn't go any further than saying it is starting to load, put in CD and nothing happens.

by shihalud

karpi - your answer wound up being correct, the reason that it did not work before is because the user account was not allowed to download or install any new prograrm. So I changed the user to allow installation and the installer found what it needed on the second disk of Office 2000 Pro. And subsequent testing I had to load whatever file thru the same process for each user account that tries to open a MS Access DB from a shortcut. If anyone knows what that file is would like to know. Thanks again Karpi!

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