Built Autoexec Swbd, turned ALL startup items off. How to reverse.

[Dirty Jim]

I went to startup options and turned off all the choices.
Now all I see is the woprking switchboard but can't make any changes.
No longer see menu options or icons.
Been working a long time on this baby & this is the last step.
HELP!

 

[Vincent Johns]

I went to startup options and turned off all the choices.
Now all I see is the woprking switchboard but can't make any changes.
No longer see menu options or icons.
Been working a long time on this baby & this is the last step.
HELP!

Well, one obvious step, and you might have to do this if you
accidentally delete a Table or Report, is to go back to your last good
backup and modify a copy of that.

If you're lucky, though, you might press F11 to bring up the Database
Window and define a Macro containing the instruction "RunCommand
StartupProperties". Running that should allow you to re-enable the
features you want to use.

If you really want to simplify the heck out of the user interface, have
you considered distributing the database as an *.MDE file? It will be
small and efficient, just won't be maintainable (so be sure not to lose
your working *.MDB version).


-- Vincent Johns <vjohns@alumni.caltech.edu>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.

 

[dstaade]

Well, one obvious step, and you might have to do this if you
accidentally delete a Table or Report, is to go back to your last good
backup and modify a copy of that.

If you're lucky, though, you might press F11 to bring up the Database
Window and define a Macro containing the instruction "RunCommand
StartupProperties". Running that should allow you to re-enable the
features you want to use.

If you really want to simplify the heck out of the user interface, have
you considered distributing the database as an *.MDE file? It will be
small and efficient, just won't be maintainable (so be sure not to lose
your working *.MDB version).


-- Vincent Johns <vjohns@alumni.caltech.edu>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.

I did the same thing. Try holding the SHIFT key when opening the database.
That works for me.