Shortcut help!

[Rodney]

Hi
I have access 2000 installed on my PC but i want to use
the runtime files to open a .mdb file instead of access I
know it is something to do with the shortcut you use and
changing the target but i dont know what to change If
anyone can help me with this that would be great thanks.

Rodney.

 

[John Vinson]

Hi
I have access 2000 installed on my PC but i want to use
the runtime files to open a .mdb file instead of access I
know it is something to do with the shortcut you use and
changing the target but i dont know what to change If
anyone can help me with this that would be great thanks.

Rodney.

Ummm... you CAN'T open a .mdb file "instead of Access". A .mdb file is
not executable. You need to use some version of msaccess.exe - either
the retail version or a runtime version, but both are msaccess - to
open the database.

If you have installed both retail Access *and* runtime Access, you can
create a shortcut to one or the other instance of the program.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----


Ummm... you CAN'T open a .mdb file "instead of Access". A .mdb file is
not executable. You need to use some version of msaccess.exe - either
the retail version or a runtime version, but both are msaccess - to
open the database.

If you have installed both retail Access *and* runtime Access, you can
create a shortcut to one or the other instance of the program.


.

thanks that is my question how do i make that shortcut
where does it target thanks

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Right-click your desktop, select New / Shortcut and then
type:

"FullPathNameTo(Run-time)MSAccess.exe"
"FullPathNameToDatabaseFile"

as one line in the target / command for the shortcut. You
need to know which directory is for the full version of
Access and which one is for the run-time version of Access.

HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)

 

[Rodney]

Thanks alot that is exactly what i wanted to know
thanks