Am Mi, Mai 04, 2005 at 12:21:32 +1000 schrieb jurgen: > I'm having trouble getting Access 97 working with Wine 20041019. Word and > Excel work just fine, as far as I've used them, but Access simply refuses to > start. I've installed off an original installer CD through the WineTools ( > 2.11jo) utility. I customised the install, removing everything except for > the basic application files for Word, Excel and Access. I've also installed > all of the Base Setup and all of the Windows System Software from WineTools. > > During install, it complains about not being able to update the workgroup > database, but the install completes fine anyway. When I navigate to Access's > folder and type "wine MSACCESS.EXE", the splash screen comes up just fine, > then a second later, I get an error dialogue box: > > Microsoft Access couldn't find the file "C:\windows\system\system.mdw". This > file is required for startup. Very interesting as I do not have this file on my whole harddisk and Access just works fine. The only difference between your and my setup I can see is that I installed the whole Office 2000 Suite. Hmmm, sorry, I overlooked that you mean Access '97. I don't know whether it works very well. Will try tonight. Regards Joachim von Thadden -- "Never touch a running system! Never run a touching system? Never run a touchy system!!!" _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users