access 97 will not run

[Guest]

I purchased a new computer with a trial version of office 2003 preloaded. I
want to use my office 97 professional version that I own and love. When I
loaded office 97 everything works except access which is what I particularily
wanted. The error message I get is as follows: Microsoft Access can't find
the Visual basic for application dynamic link library (DLL) VBA 332. What
gives and how do I correct it?
Thanks for any advice.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Take a look in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA to see
whether that dll (vba332.dll) exists.

If it does, try reregistering it using regsvr32.exe

 

[Guest]

I believe when I installed office I got the message that the install failed
because it could not register the DLL. Does that help? and how would I
reregister it?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Look at the very bottom of
http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html for
instructions (and a link to get regsvr32.exe if you can't find it already on
your machine)

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for yoor reply. You have no idea of how much I appreciate
your help.