Uh....I already went down that path before... When I try to open it in Access 2007, I get "You do not have the necessary permissions to use the <d/b path\d/b> object. Have your system administrator or the person who created this object establish the appropriate permissions for you."
Larry -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem You should have no trouble opening the old .mdb directly within Office2007. I don't even think they changed the .mdb format. Once you have it opened you can make a new shortcut to it. Just trash the old shortcut. As you've discovered, they're not normal Windows shortcuts. On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a user who is getting a new PC. His old system was Windows > 2000 with Office 2000. > > > > He's got an Access database written by an outside vendor - that as far > as we can tell - no longer exists. It uses the MS Access Runtime 2000, > but the database has been around since 2001. > > > > His new system is Windows XP running Office 2007. ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
