You may receive a "The OLE server may not be registered" error message when you try to create a blank data access page in Access 2002 or Office Access 2003

In Microsoft Access 2002 or Microsoft Office Access 2003, when you try to create a new blank data access page, you may receive the following error message:

This issue occurs if the Triedit.dll file is not registered on your computer.

To resolve this issue, you must register the Triedit.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type Regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit\Triedit.dll", and then click OK.
   
   You should receive the following message:
   DllRegisterServer in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit\triedit.dll succeeded.
2. Click OK.

If the Triedit.dll file is damaged, you may receive the following error message when you try to register the file: If you receive this error message, you must repair your installation of Microsoft Office.

For more information about how to repair Office, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: