Microsoft KB Archive/295171

= ACC2002: Infinite Loop After You Cancel Demand Install of Vbe6.dll =

Article ID: 295171

Article Last Modified on 9/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q295171



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).



SYMPTOMS
After you rename Vbe6.dll and then do one of the following
 * you open a replicated database
 * you open a database under Microsoft Visual Source Safe Control
 * you open a database in which you are creating a data access page

you experience an infinite loop when you try to cancel the demand install of Vbe6.dll.



RESOLUTION
Avoid opening a replicated database, a database under Microsoft Visual Source Safe Control, or a database in which you are creating a data access page after you rename Vbe6.dll.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) On a computer that has Microsoft Access 2002 installed, close Microsoft Access.
 * 2) Rename the file Vbe6.dll.
 * 3) Start Microsoft Access 2002. Open a replicated database, a database under Microsoft Visual Source Safe Control, or a database in which you are creating a data access page.
 * 4) Click Cancel when you are prompted to install the Windows Installer. Note that you can click Cancel repeatedly, but that the process is never canceled.

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