/ro switch in shortcut

[Abbey Normal]

Pardon my ignorance, can someone explain how to put the /ro switch in a
shortcut?
I tried putting within the quotes in the target, but it didn't like that.
Thanks,

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

The shortcut must include the full path to msaccess.exe, not just the path
to the database.

/ro is a switch for Access, not for an MDB.

 

[Abbey Normal]

So you're saying I need to create a shortcut to msaccess.exe, not to the
database?
and where exactly would I put the /ro? also, can i also make it open the
database i want? Thanks so much,

 

[Abbey Normal]

nevermind.... I changed the database attributes, and that works just fine.
thanks

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

For the sake of completeness, the shortcut needs to be something like:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSAccess.exe" "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb" /ro