Access 97 Upgrade Installation problem Wendy 10.07.2006 14:07:02 I am trying to install this software on my newest computer. It already has MS Office installed but Access doesn't recognize the WINWORD exe file nor any of the other Office files I have pointed it to. I have inserted the original CD for Office 2003 and Office 97 and pointed to those folders ...... nothing is working. How can I get past this so I can restore my database application for use on this new computer??

RE: Access 97 Upgrade Installation problem Wendy 11.07.2006 17:36:02 still seeking some help with this. I know there's a little trick, but no longer remember what it is. I even tried to point back to the Access install CD. Maybe it I try to copy the executable off the CD onto the hard drive some place, and then point to IT? "Wendy" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I am trying to install this software on my newest computer. It already has > MS Office installed but Access doesn't recognize the WINWORD exe file nor any > of the other Office files I have pointed it to. I have inserted the original > CD for Office 2003 and Office 97 and pointed to those folders ...... nothing > is working. > > How can I get past this so I can restore my database application for use on > this new computer??

Re: Access 97 Upgrade Installation problem "Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele[ at ]NOSPAM_canada.com> 11.07.2006 22:00:52 The only way that Access 97 Upgrade will install is if you have any of the qualifying products installed (they should be listed on the package). Neither Office 97 nor Office 2003 are qualifying products for the upgrade version. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "Wendy" <Wendy[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:070E16E6-2CC1-4107-91D2-4486C08993E5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am trying to install this software on my newest computer. It already has > MS Office installed but Access doesn't recognize the WINWORD exe file nor > any > of the other Office files I have pointed it to. I have inserted the > original > CD for Office 2003 and Office 97 and pointed to those folders ...... > nothing > is working. > > How can I get past this so I can restore my database application for use > on > this new computer??

Re: Access 97 Upgrade Installation problem Wendy 12.07.2006 14:31:02 Thank you. I had read the words, "any version of Office" to mean exactly that. But I finally remembered the trick which someone else had suggested a couple years ago..... copy the Access exe from the CD over to the Office folder on the hard drive. The install process sees it, accepts it, and allows the upgrade installation to continue. Did that a few minutes ago with success and can now open my database once again..... have a great week! "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The only way that Access 97 Upgrade will install is if you have any of the > qualifying products installed (they should be listed on the package). > > Neither Office 97 nor Office 2003 are qualifying products for the upgrade > version. > > -- > Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP > http://I.Am/DougSteele > (no private e-mails, please) > > > "Wendy" <Wendy[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:070E16E6-2CC1-4107-91D2-4486C08993E5[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I am trying to install this software on my newest computer. It already has > > MS Office installed but Access doesn't recognize the WINWORD exe file nor > > any > > of the other Office files I have pointed it to. I have inserted the > > original > > CD for Office 2003 and Office 97 and pointed to those folders ...... > > nothing > > is working. > > > > How can I get past this so I can restore my database application for use > > on > > this new computer?? > > >