Acess 2003 Ver mdb

[Irshad Alam]

In my PC I have office2000/Access 2000 installed. I have 2 partition on my
hard disc C & D . I want to install only Access 2003 on my D drive. Following
queries are arising in my mind :

1. Will it be a problem while installation.
2. If it will be installed also in D drive, When I will try to open the mdb
from explorer, which version it will select automatically and will start.
3. If I want to start Access 2003, how to open that version.
4. Overall what can be a problem on Pc, on File etc.

Could any of the professional can advise me. what should I do. OR there will
no problem at all.

Regards.

Irshad

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

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In my PC I have office2000/Access 2000 installed. I have 2 partition on my
hard disc C & D . I want to install only Access 2003 on my D drive. Following
queries are arising in my mind :

1. Will it be a problem while installation.

No. Make sure you install them in version order (first 2000, then 2003). And
make sure they are in separate directories. The drive does not matter.

2. If it will be installed also in D drive, When I will try to open the mdb
from explorer, which version it will select automatically and will start.

The last version installed and registered will open by default. There are
some utilities (www.fmsinc.com) which can version for you, but I simply put
a shortcut to each version in the SendTo folder. Then I right-click and send
the file to whichever I want.

3. If I want to start Access 2003, how to open that version.

You can put shortcuts to each version in the startup folder and/or the
sendto folder

4. Overall what can be a problem on Pc, on File etc.

I don't have problems with any of them except some very minor problems with
Office 97 because it silently self-registers.

Could any of the professional can advise me. what should I do. OR there will
no problem at all.

I use different versions because I am a professional developer, but in your
case it shouldn't be necessary. Office 2003 files read and write Office 2000
files just fine.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[Van T. Dinh]

1. No problems with installation AFAIK.

2. In general, it will be the version you last used since Access
re-register itself when you use it.

3. Start Menu or create shortcut to the MSAccess.exe on the Desktop.

4. You may like to check out:

http://www.aylott.com.au/accver.htm