Access 97 runtime install under Vista

[gary k]

When trying to install an access 97 run-time application on a customer's
Vista machine, I get the following error message: oleaut32 support file was
unable to register itself in the system registry

Office 2000 (including access 2000 - version 9.0) has previously been
installed on this computer. Note - before attempting to install the access
97 run-time, I renamed (the access 2000 version) msaccess.exe.

Any suggestions on how to successfully install the run-time app? My
application has been successfully installed on other customer's Vista
machines, but not being familiar with Vista I do not know the differences in
the environments.

 

[boblarson]

As far as I know, the Access 97 runtime is not supported on Vista and if you
have gotten it to work on other Vista machines I would count that as lucky.
I don't think it was good to rename the Access executable. You would likely
need to uninstall Office 2000 prior to installing the 97 runtime, but I also
think that I remember seeing that Office 2000 isn't officially supported on
Vista either.

 

[Clifford Bass]

Hi Gary,

Access 97 is over 11 years old--time to upgrade. You may want to try
installing the Access 2007 Runtime, which is free from Micrsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...D9-9DC6-4B38-9FA6-2C745A175AED&displaylang=en

Clifford Bass

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

When trying to install an access 97 run-time application on a customer's
Vista machine, I get the following error message: oleaut32 support file was
unable to register itself in the system registry

Does your app work? OLEAUT32 is a common system DLL that has almost
certainly been superseded many times. So I wouldn't worry to much
about it.

Tony
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