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Excellent! Now you can bail on the wizards and take some time to learn how to do all that stuff yourself!
Actually, I do recommend using wizards as little as possible, but I wouldn't bother to post with just that comment. I would think the solution here would be to reinstall Access, and make sure you do the absolutely complete installation.
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Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
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Actually, I do recommend using wizards as little as possible, but I wouldn't bother to post with just that comment. I would think the solution here would be to reinstall Access, and make sure you do the absolutely complete installation.
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Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
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Jeremy thanks for your words of wisdom, however i do use access normally without the wizards and also i have completely removed microsoft office from my computer 3 times and reinstalled it and i still get the same message, so any more bright ideas
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KornGeek,
Do you have documentation of that? Have you seen it happen? I've never heard of behavior like that.
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Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
Take a look at the Developers' section of the site for some helpful fundamentals.
Do you have documentation of that? Have you seen it happen? I've never heard of behavior like that.
Jeremy =============
Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
Take a look at the Developers' section of the site for some helpful fundamentals.
I've encountered this often enough that I always start Access through the Start button, just in case I want to use a wizard. I saw some documentation on the Microsoft website that listed this as a workaround, but I don't recall exactly where it was. If I find it, I'll post a link.
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Sleep is for people with no caffeine.Please do, because this flies in the face of what I know about Access. I NEVER start access through the start button, and none of the dozens of applications I've rolled out to hundreds of users are usable through the start button. I don't use wizards much, but I do use them enough that I would be concerned if they were sometimes not usable after opening a database directly or through a shortcut.
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Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
Take a look at the Developers' section of the site for some helpful fundamentals.
Jeremy =============
Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
Take a look at the Developers' section of the site for some helpful fundamentals.
Jeremy,
In response to KornGeek respose, I have seen this.....I have tracked it down to the following problme.....
I have Access 2000 and Access 97 installed on my machine. This installation was performed by our extremely inept network techs...(hope yo go the sarcasm there!). I currenyl primarly develop in Access 2000, but a lot of previous apps are in Access 97. My of my apps use security workgroup files and shortcuts to open the db with the appropriate security file.
Now, I am working in 2000, and I get a call or question about a 97 db....so I doubleclick on my shortcut to the db, and log in....of course, the shortcut opens up the db in Access 97. Teh registry is adjusted to accomodate Access 97. But remember I still have Access 2000 open in the background.
Now, when I am done in Access 97, i go back to work in my 2000 db and my wizards and help files no longer work. Once I shut down 2000 and open it again, using the start -> blah, blah, -> Access 2000...all is well again, as this oening corrects the registry entries.
One final word.....Although this happens to me here at the office (becuase they are using a JOracle installer tool, as far as I can tell), I have both 97 and 2000 installed on my home PC and don't experience this problem....I was able to control the installation and set it all up correctly.....I just have to say I really love my inept techs here!
Any questions? Please let me know. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. (Albert Einstein)
Robert L. Johnson III, MCSA, MCP, Network+, A+
Access Developer/Programmer
robert.l.johnson.iii@citigroup.com
In response to KornGeek respose, I have seen this.....I have tracked it down to the following problme.....
I have Access 2000 and Access 97 installed on my machine. This installation was performed by our extremely inept network techs...(hope yo go the sarcasm there!). I currenyl primarly develop in Access 2000, but a lot of previous apps are in Access 97. My of my apps use security workgroup files and shortcuts to open the db with the appropriate security file.
Now, I am working in 2000, and I get a call or question about a 97 db....so I doubleclick on my shortcut to the db, and log in....of course, the shortcut opens up the db in Access 97. Teh registry is adjusted to accomodate Access 97. But remember I still have Access 2000 open in the background.
Now, when I am done in Access 97, i go back to work in my 2000 db and my wizards and help files no longer work. Once I shut down 2000 and open it again, using the start -> blah, blah, -> Access 2000...all is well again, as this oening corrects the registry entries.
One final word.....Although this happens to me here at the office (becuase they are using a JOracle installer tool, as far as I can tell), I have both 97 and 2000 installed on my home PC and don't experience this problem....I was able to control the installation and set it all up correctly.....I just have to say I really love my inept techs here!
Any questions? Please let me know. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. (Albert Einstein)
Robert L. Johnson III, MCSA, MCP, Network+, A+
Access Developer/Programmer
robert.l.johnson.iii@citigroup.com
Here is a link to the Microsoft website about this issue.
It actually details four methods for fixing this.
1) Start Access through the Start Menu.
2) Rename the wizard files (Acwz*.mde, 4 files) and re-run setup.
3) Remove and re-install MS Small Business Tools.
4) Use Regsvr32.exe to re-register Accwiz.dll
I don't remember if I tried any of the other methods and had them fail, or simply stopped after the first one.
Sleep is for people with no caffeine.
It actually details four methods for fixing this.
1) Start Access through the Start Menu.
2) Rename the wizard files (Acwz*.mde, 4 files) and re-run setup.
3) Remove and re-install MS Small Business Tools.
4) Use Regsvr32.exe to re-register Accwiz.dll
I don't remember if I tried any of the other methods and had them fail, or simply stopped after the first one.
Sleep is for people with no caffeine.Robert and KornGeek,
Thanks for the info. I guess it's not as severe or as likely to come up as I at first assumed, but it is definitely good to know about.
Cheers.
Jeremy =============
Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
Take a look at the Developers' section of the site for some helpful fundamentals.
Thanks for the info. I guess it's not as severe or as likely to come up as I at first assumed, but it is definitely good to know about.
Cheers.
Jeremy =============
Jeremy Wallace
AlphaBet City Dataworks
Take a look at the Developers' section of the site for some helpful fundamentals.
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