ODE97: Uninstalling Access or Office Pro 97 May Break RunTime Ap

Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q163064
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

If you set up Microsoft Access 97 or Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition with the Run From CD-ROM or Run From Network Server option, and then you remove (uninstall) Microsoft Office from your computer, you may receive the following error message when you try to start a Microsoft Access 97 run-time application:

   Unable to initialize the system registry.
   Rerun Microsoft Access or Office Setup.

CAUSE

This error only occurs when the following events occur in the order listed:

  • You set up Microsoft Access 97 or Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition with the Run from CD-ROM or Run from Network Server option.
  • You run Setup for a Microsoft Access 97 run-time application.
  • You uninstall Microsoft Access 97 or Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition.

This error occurs because the Setup program for the run-time application detects that certain Microsoft Office components (such as Msaccess.exe) are available on the CD-ROM or network file server, so it does not install them on your hard drive. After you uninstall Microsoft Office, the components on the CD-ROM or the server are no longer available for the run- time application to use.

RESOLUTION

You must remove and reinstall your run-time application so that the required files for Microsoft Access 97 run-time components will be copied to your hard drive.

REFERENCES

For more information about installing run-time applications on a computer that installed Microsoft Access or Microsoft Office 97 with the Run from CD-ROM or Run from Network Server options, start the ODE Tools Setup Wizard, and then click the Tips button on the first screen of the Setup Wizard.


Additional query words: runtime removing
Keywords : StpOptio StpOthr kberrmsg kbsetup
Version : 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb


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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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