Access 97 and XP not playing nice

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Yblitzka

I have two versions of Access running on the same computer (it is absolutely
necessary - I wouldn't dare otherwise).

Usually I run XP - no problem.

But when I run 97, something stupid happens. 97 claims all the databases,
especially one important one in particular, as its own. So when I go to open
up the one important one, I get an error saying "Unrecognized database
format." I can run XP before I try opening that DB, and then it works just
fine. But that's a hassle I'd rather not have to deal with.

How can I make 97 stop reclaiming that DB?

Any suggestions?

~Yb
 
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Douglas J Steele

Look for the file MSACCESS.SRG in the same folder as Access 97's
MSACCESS.EXE

Rename it (just in case...), and create an empty file MSACCESS.SRG. This
will prevent Access 97 from reregistering the file associations each time it
fires up.
 
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