Microsoft KB Archive/163064

= ODE97: Uninstalling Access or Office Pro 97 May Break Run-Time Application =

Article ID: 163064

Article Last Modified on 9/26/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q163064



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



SYMPTOMS
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.

