Running Access 2003 & 2007

[julief]

I am running Access 2003 (as part of office 2003) on my xp machine, is it possible to install 2007 (as part of office 2007) as well and run both while I learn more about 2007?

 

[Rabbie]

In a word Yes. I have both on my laptop running XP without any problems.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

I have A97, AXP A2003 and A2007 all on the same machine - However, I find that A2007 conflicts with AXP and A2003 (but not A97) by causing versions to reinstall themselves as you switch from one to the other.

They work properly, but you can expect this behaviour, I think

 

[Rabbie]

I have A97, AXP A2003 and A2007 all on the same machine - However, I find that A2007 conflicts with AXP and A2003 (but not A97) by causing versions to reinstall themselves as you switch from one to the other.

They work properly, but you can expect this behaviour, I think

I can confirm this behaviour. It doesnt seem to cause any problems but it does take a bit of time

 

[Bombshell Disaster]

Hi

I am a trainer, and have found all sorts of problems when running both together in a training environment in 2007.

I now run separately to avoid issues...

 

[gemma-the-husky]

I rarely use A2007 - I only got it, as a client keeps getting new copies of Access, and now they are A2007 - I tell him he can still use older versions with an A2007 license, but he is using the A2007 where he has it

 

[maxmangion]

if you try running multiple versions on Vista you may encounter some errors.

Here is a link with the cause and some possible workarounds.

 

[boblarson]

I have A97, AXP A2003 and A2007 all on the same machine - However, I find that A2007 conflicts with AXP and A2003 (but not A97) by causing versions to reinstall themselves as you switch from one to the other.

They work properly, but you can expect this behaviour, I think

It isn't a conflict, just that certain registry settings are actually shared by the versions so the installation routines need to run to insert the correct data.

 

[boblarson]

if you try running multiple versions on Vista you may encounter some errors.

Here is a link with the cause and some possible workarounds.

Actually, no problems with Vista and running multiple versions for me. You just have to set the MSACCESS.EXE file to run as admin for it to be able to make the appropriate registry changes:
http://www.btabdevelopment.com/main...ista/RunasAdministrator/tabid/87/Default.aspx

 

[maxmangion]

thx bob for the link, will keep it at hand for future reference.