Files of type missing text files and others

[D3nn1s]

Not sure when this happened but when I went to Import External data in the
Files of type I no longer have the option to import txt files and several
other types are missing. I have uninstalled Access 2003 and reinstalled but
this did not fix the problem. I have loaded SP2 for Windows XP and SP1 for
Office 2003. This did not help. I have taken the MSEXCH40.dll and dropped it
on-top of REGSVR32.exe and this did not fix the problem.

 

[Ken Snell [MVP]]

Re-register the following files:
msexcl40.dll (Excel)
msxbse40.dll (dBase)
mspdox40.dll (Paradox)
mstext40.dll (Text, CSV, tab-delimited))
In Access 97, the filenames contain 35 instead of 40.

To re-register a DLL file,

1) Locate it (usually all these are in the Windows\System32 or
WINNT\System32 folder.

2) Locate the file regsvr32.exe.

3) Drag the DLL file's icon onto the regsvr32.exe icon.

Or run from Start | Run window:
Regsvr32 "path\msexcl40.DLL"

etc.

 

[Dennis]

Thanks Ken
I was able to find all except the mspdox.dll, but it
worked! I can now import text files.
Dennis