Access 97 runtime install under Vista gary k 12/11/2008 5:07:02 PM When trying to install an access 97 run-time application on a customer's Vista machine, I get the following error message: oleaut32 support file was unable to register itself in the system registry Office 2000 (including access 2000 - version 9.0) has previously been installed on this computer. Note - before attempting to install the access 97 run-time, I renamed (the access 2000 version) msaccess.exe. Any suggestions on how to successfully install the run-time app? My application has been successfully installed on other customer's Vista machines, but not being familiar with Vista I do not know the differences in the environments.

RE: Access 97 runtime install under Vista boblarson 12/12/2008 6:13:01 AM As far as I know, the Access 97 runtime is not supported on Vista and if you have gotten it to work on other Vista machines I would count that as lucky. I don't think it was good to rename the Access executable. You would likely need to uninstall Office 2000 prior to installing the 97 runtime, but I also think that I remember seeing that Office 2000 isn't officially supported on Vista either. -- Bob Larson Free Tutorials and Samples at http://www.btabdevelopment.com __________________________________ "gary k" wrote: [Quoted Text] > When trying to install an access 97 run-time application on a customer's > Vista machine, I get the following error message: oleaut32 support file was > unable to register itself in the system registry > > Office 2000 (including access 2000 - version 9.0) has previously been > installed on this computer. Note - before attempting to install the access > 97 run-time, I renamed (the access 2000 version) msaccess.exe. > > Any suggestions on how to successfully install the run-time app? My > application has been successfully installed on other customer's Vista > machines, but not being familiar with Vista I do not know the differences in > the environments. >

RE: Access 97 runtime install under Vista Clifford Bass 12/14/2008 11:27:00 PM Hi Gary, Access 97 is over 11 years old--time to upgrade. You may want to try installing the Access 2007 Runtime, which is free from Micrsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D9AE78D9-9DC6-4B38-9FA6-2C745A175AED&displaylang=en Clifford Bass "gary k" wrote: [Quoted Text] > When trying to install an access 97 run-time application on a customer's > Vista machine, I get the following error message: oleaut32 support file was > unable to register itself in the system registry > > Office 2000 (including access 2000 - version 9.0) has previously been > installed on this computer. Note - before attempting to install the access > 97 run-time, I renamed (the access 2000 version) msaccess.exe. > > Any suggestions on how to successfully install the run-time app? My > application has been successfully installed on other customer's Vista > machines, but not being familiar with Vista I do not know the differences in > the environments.

Re: Access 97 runtime install under Vista "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews[ at ]telusplanet.net> 12/26/2008 9:44:55 PM gary k <garyk[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >When trying to install an access 97 run-time application on a customer's >Vista machine, I get the following error message: oleaut32 support file was >unable to register itself in the system registry Does your app work? OLEAUT32 is a common system DLL that has almost certainly been superseded many times. So I wouldn't worry to much about it. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/