Access 2000 DB opening with Access 97

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Cathy

A user in our group has both Access 97 & Access 2000
loaded on their system.

They have a short cut to an Access 2000 DB on their
desktop, but when they click it... it attempts to open
with Access 97 and fails. Is there a way to make Access
2000 the default to open databases? Or is there a way to
define that Access 2000 should be used to open this
particular DB?

What options do I have and what steps do I need to take?

Thank you!
Cathy
 
Cathy said:
A user in our group has both Access 97 & Access 2000
loaded on their system.

They have a short cut to an Access 2000 DB on their
desktop, but when they click it... it attempts to open
with Access 97 and fails. Is there a way to make Access
2000 the default to open databases? Or is there a way to
define that Access 2000 should be used to open this
particular DB?

What options do I have and what steps do I need to take?

Thank you!
Cathy
Click to expand...

Edit the Shortcut (right-click and select Properties) and place the full
path to the Access 2000 executable in front of the DB name (Use the
quotation marks [I don't have A2K but you get the idea]):

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office XP\Office10\MSACCESS.EXE" "Drive:\Path to
MDB\Filename.mdb"
 
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