Import .txt option missing

D

Douglas Sanders

Hi;

I had to reinstall Office '97 and now the option to import data such as
'.txt' or '.csv' are missing.

What did I do wrong?

Doug
 
L

LeAnne

Hi Douglas,

Probably nothing. The dynamic link libraries for various file formats
are often "lost" when reinstalling. Try

Start
Run
regsvr32 mstext35.dll

to restore the option for saving files as format .txt.

Don't recall offhand the registry for .csv files...sorry.

hth,

LeAnne
 
D

Douglas Sanders

Thanks, that fixed it and it also restored the .csv, .tab, .asc options.


Doug
 
J

John Nurick

If the import/export wizards don't work at all, re-register ACCWIZ.DLL

If it's one or more file formats that aren't listed, re-register the
following files
msexcl40.dll (Excel)
msxbse40.dll (dBase)
mspdox40.dll (Paradox)
mstext40.dll (Text, CSV, tab-delimited))
In Access 97, the filenames contain 35 instead of 40.

To re-register a DLL file,

1) Locate it (usually all these are in the Windows\System32 or
WINNT\System32 folder.

2) Locate the file regsvr32.exe.

3) Drag the DLL file's icon onto the regsvr32.exe icon.

These problems are discussed in the following MS Knowledgebase articles
among others:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292269
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=155666
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=171955
or for Access 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/?Id=283881
 
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