both Access 2003 and 2010 at same installation - possible?

[JohS]

I have tried to install first Access 2003 and then added Access 2010 for the
purpose of having both. This isn't working when opening the programs. When
switching from the old to the newer one (and vice versa), it is starting the
"re-install" process. Anyone who knows if this is possible at all? Thanks,
Johs

 

[John W. Vinson]

I have tried to install first Access 2003 and then added Access 2010 for the
purpose of having both. This isn't working when opening the programs. When
switching from the old to the newer one (and vice versa), it is starting the
"re-install" process. Anyone who knows if this is possible at all? Thanks,
Johs

You may want to consider having two "virtual machines". Either version of
Access will write many entries to the computer's Registry, and they don't
"play nice" together; the re-install is the biggest but not the only
annoyance.
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John W. Vinson [MVP]
Microsoft's replacements for these newsgroups:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/accessdev/
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/
and see also http://www.utteraccess.com

 

[Bernd Gilles]

Am 14.03.2011 18:57, schrieb JohS:

I have tried to install first Access 2003 and then added Access 2010 for the
purpose of having both. This isn't working when opening the programs. When
switching from the old to the newer one (and vice versa), it is starting the
"re-install" process. Anyone who knows if this is possible at all? Thanks,

Maybe SageKey is a solution for you:
http://www.sagekey.com/installation_access.aspx

I've never tried it, but i've heard from other developers that it's
doing what they promise.

 

[David-W-Fenton]

I have tried to install first Access 2003 and then added Access
2010 for the purpose of having both. This isn't working when
opening the programs. When switching from the old to the newer one
(and vice versa), it is starting the "re-install" process. Anyone
who knows if this is possible at all?

You just have to put up with the re-installation. There is no way
around this short of installing one in a VM.