Has anyone figured out a way to use 32bit MS Access with Windows 7 x64?

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willis888

Discussion Starter · Nov 25, 2009

Without using a virtual machine?

The specific problem that I am running into is that some VB scripts seems to be looking for includes that have been changed or moved sometime between XP x86 and Win7 x64.

Short of moving to a different database and rewriting all the functionality, is there anything to be done?

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Greensystemsgo

· #2 · Nov 25, 2009

run in x86 compatibility mode?

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TwoCables

· #3 · Nov 25, 2009

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run in x86 compatibility mode?

How do you run a program in x86 compatibility mode?

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Greensystemsgo

· #4 · Nov 25, 2009

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How do you run a program in x86 compatibility mode?

windows xp mode - that fancy new windows 7 feature.

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TwoCables

· #5 · Nov 25, 2009

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windows xp mode - that fancy new windows 7 feature.

Oh, the virtual machine feature which is only present in 7 Professional and Ultimate. I see.

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Greensystemsgo

· #6 · Nov 26, 2009

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Oh, the virtual machine feature which is only present in 7 Professional and Ultimate. I see.

oh its a virtual machine? well thats lame. and only pro and ultimate? uber lame. hey OP best of luck mate. only guess would be to put in xp compat mode - not to sure that its x86 though. best of luck. why no virtual machine? if its running win7 then its not a server....

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TwoCables

· #7 · Nov 26, 2009

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In general, Windows XP Mode is targeted at businesses who will need it for their productivity software that will not run in anything newer than XP no matter what. This enables businesses to get Windows 7 without having to upgrade their productivity software or train their employees on completely new software. But either way, the company would have to spend money on both new software (either upgrade or completely new altogether) and training time on the new upgrade or completely new software.

In other words: Windows XP Mode is not really useful to the home user. But more than that, almost everyone - even people like us - doesn't really need Windows XP Mode.

Here's more information about Windows XP Mode:

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willis888

Discussion Starter · #8 · Nov 26, 2009

Its the training I'm really trying to avoid. I use a VirtualBox at my desk, but everyone I work with does not want to learn how to tinker with that.

I've watched some folks avoid using the one workstation running Win7x64, despite the fact that it is the only i7 in an office full of Pentium 4's, because they forgot what I told them about pushing the button or I had forgotten to tell them how to start the virtual machine. It has already caused issues, and I think that with any kind of turnover it will continue to cause issues.

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willis888

Discussion Starter · #9 · Dec 30, 2009

Update for anyone who might have had the same problem:

Installing Office to a different folder fixed everything wrong with Access. Apparently Vista and onward has different restrictions on applications run from the Program Files and (x86) folders.

I wonder if there may be a more precise way to change only the appropriate permissions?

*edit*

So installing to a different folder alone was not enough to make all the modules compatible. Specifically, one function that uses Outlook to automatically generate order confirmations refused to run. Access and Outlook both had to be installed to a non-Program Files folder and then opened in compatibility mode before calling the script.

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