Office 2002 to Office 2010

[Acclerations]

Hello,
I'm moving from Office 2002 to Office 2010. It seems I can install 2010
and keep 2002. I guess 2010 will become the default for opening databases
and such. How can I keep 2002 as the default program until I learn 2010.
Thank you.

 

[Mike Painter]

Hello,
I'm moving from Office 2002 to Office 2010. It seems I can install
2010 and keep 2002. I guess 2010 will become the default for opening
databases and such. How can I keep 2002 as the default program until
I learn 2010. Thank you.

I've always just made the cut and lived with the minor frustrations.
If you don't go that route, just open the older version from an icon, then
your app.

 

[Accelerations]

Thanks Mike

I've always just made the cut and lived with the minor frustrations.
If you don't go that route, just open the older version from an icon, then
your app.

 

[John W. Vinson]

Hello,
I'm moving from Office 2002 to Office 2010. It seems I can install 2010
and keep 2002. I guess 2010 will become the default for opening databases
and such. How can I keep 2002 as the default program until I learn 2010.
Thank you.

I'd suggest creating desktop Shortcuts for both versions, with a Target line
such as

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICExx\MSACCESS.EXE"
"C:somepath\mydata.mdb" /excl /wrkgrp "C:\somepath\mydata.MDW"

where xx is the folder name for the desired version of Access.
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[Douglas J. Steele]

You can't: Access is set up to always default to the last used version.
You'll have to use a trick like John suggested, but be prepared for a long
delay when switching from one version to the other.

You might consider using VirtualPC or VMWare, with one version in each.

 

[Accelerations]

Thanks John

I'd suggest creating desktop Shortcuts for both versions, with a Target
line
such as

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICExx\MSACCESS.EXE"
"C:somepath\mydata.mdb" /excl /wrkgrp "C:\somepath\mydata.MDW"

where xx is the folder name for the desired version of Access.
--

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

 

[Accelerations]

Thanks Douglas

You can't: Access is set up to always default to the last used version.
You'll have to use a trick like John suggested, but be prepared for a long
delay when switching from one version to the other.

You might consider using VirtualPC or VMWare, with one version in each.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://www.AccessMVP.com/djsteele
Co-author: "Access 2010 Solutions", published by Wiley
(no e-mails, please!)

 

[Tony Toews]

You can't: Access is set up to always default to the last used version.
You'll have to use a trick like John suggested, but be prepared for a long
delay when switching from one version to the other.

The long delay is when switching from an older version of Access to
Access 2007 or 2010. It's quite short when switching to A2003 or
older.

Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/

 

[David-W-Fenton]

The long delay is when switching from an older version of Access
to Access 2007 or 2010. It's quite short when switching to A2003
or older.

Depends on the computer, Tony. On my daily laptop, it's equally slow
between A2007 and A2003. I've got A97 set up so it doesn't
interfere, though I don't know how I did it (the wizards.srg file is
not neutered like I'd expect it to be).