Can't open Access

[barbaraeh]

i, I recently installed Office 97 on a new PC. I installed Access from the
original CD and everything else opens fine (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). It
says that Access can't locate the file, VBA332.dll. I found the file on the
installation CD and put it in the MS Common Files folder where it was located
on my old pc but I still get the same error message. I've reinstalled Office
and it didn't correct the problem. Not sure what else to try. This PC came
with a 60-day Trial version of MS Office (obviously a newer version). Might
that have some effect on the way the older version behaves? Thanks!

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Don't know whether or not it'll help, but try registering vba332.dll using
regsvr32.exe.

 

[barbaraeh]

Douglas,

Thanks! I tried entering "regsvr32.exe vba332.dll" in the Run command on
the Start menu. I get the following message: "LoadLibrary("vba332.dll")
failed - the specified module could not be found." First, did I enter the
command correctly? If so, what do I need to correct to get it to run
properly? barbaraeh

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Try using the complete path to vba332.dll.

 

[barbaraeh]

Douglas,

Makes sense. I entered regsvr32.exe c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\VBA\vba332.dll and got the following message:

"LoadLibrary("C:\Program") failed - The specified module could not be found."

barbaraeh

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Since there are blanks in it, you need quotes around the file name

regsvr32.exe "c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\vba332.dll"

 

[barbaraeh]

sDouglas, tried adding the quote and here's the latest error message:

"c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\vba332.dll was loaded,
but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. The file can not be
registered."

Now what? Thanks. barbaraeh

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

The only thing I can think of is that there's some sort of dependency that's
missing. Did you copy Vba3en.dll as well?

 

[barbaraeh]

Douglas,

Did a search and found that the vba3en.dll file is already on this pc in the
same folder with vba332.dll. Could there be a problem with the fact that
this new pc had a newer trial version of Office loaded on it when I installed
the older version? Should I uninstall the newer version and reinstall the
older one? Thanks! barbaraeh

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Unless you installed both versions of Access into the same folder, that
shouldn't be a problem.

Looking back at the details you posted, I am more than a little surprised
that you had to move vba332.dll to its proper location: that the
installation didn't put it in the correct place.

You might try doing a reinstall.