There are two issues you may notice after applying the
workaround in this article.
For additional information about
the first issue you may encounter by using this resolution, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
183143 ODE97: Run-Time Application Changes Windows File Associations
Because of an entry in the registry, the Access 97
run-time application becomes associated with files that have an extension of
.mdb, meaning that if you click any Access database, the run-time application
attempts to run. You can resolve this by using the
REGSERVER command line switch to properly register the full version of
Microsoft Access.
For instance, to make the full version of Access 97
the registered version that opens .mdb files, use the following technique.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type the following command line:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSACCESS.EXE /regserver
To make Access 2000 the properly registered version for .mdb
files, start Access 2000. Every time that you start Microsoft Access 2000, the
automatic registration feature registers Msaccess.exe, the supporting Microsoft
Access .dll files, the wizards, and the file associations of .mdb and .mda
files.
Another issue you may notice after installing the run-time
application with the modified Setup.stf file is that if you try installing
Office 2000, the Setup options of either Upgrade or Customize have the default
installation location of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\. This is different
from the expected path that is used when installing Office 2000 on a computer
with an existing Access 97 run-time application. With an unmodified Access 97
run-time application, the Office 2000 installation program recognizes the
run-time application and installs it to a default path of C:\Program
Files\Office2K\.