the application was unable to start correctly (0x00007b)

[PaulO]

Getting this message when trying to load a database ...

the application was unable to start correctly (0x00007b)

... not sure it's an Access issue exclusively, anyone got any ideas what fix to apply (is it a Registry entry that's corrupted perhaps?).

Many thanks

(see attachment)

 

[JHB]

What happens if you only open MS-Access without a database selected?
Is for all databases you open, or only one specific database?

 

[PaulO]

OK ... should have mentioned that it's an ACCDR file that was installed together with MS Access Runtime 2007 but despite this the computer mistakenly kept trying to open the database with Adobe Reader. I checked the file association using "assoc .accdr" at the CMD prompt and to my surprise this showed a correct association.

So, next I re-pointed the ACCDR to 'open with' MSACCESS.exe at which point I get the error.

 

[PaulO]

... problem resolved.

 

[jdraw]

And the solution was....?

 

[PaulO]

And the solution was....?

I deleted the shortcut to the DATABASE and instead created a shortcut to the MSACCESS.exe file with the path of the DATABASE appended to the Target file ...