Installing Access 97 on a already installed Access 2000 system

If you already have Access 2000 on the computer, and you want to add Access 97, there are some additional steps you must follow.

When you try to install Access 97, you have to avoid the "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on this machine" error message caused by the presence of the Hatten font, which is installed by Access 2000 and Office 2000. Also, if the Access 97 installation finds a newer version of the Msaccess.exe file on the computer, it will not install the 97 version of the Msaccess.exe file.
  1. Click Start , point to Find , and then click Files or Folders .


  2. Find the Hatten.ttf file, and then rename it to Hatten.sav. You must do this to avoid the "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on this machine" error message when you start Access 97.

    NOTE : You can find the Hatten.ttf file in the Fonts folder under the name, Haettenschweiler.


  3. Find the existing version of the Msaccess.exe file, and then rename it to Msaccess.2k . Before you rename it, confirm that the version of the Msaccess.exe file is 9.0x by right-clicking the file, and then clicking Properties . Then click the Version tab


  4. Install Access 97 or Office 97.


  5. When prompted, click Change Directory to install Access 97 in a folder other than the folder in which Access 2000 is installed. For example, install the program in a folder named C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office97\.


  6. After the installation is finished, find the Msaccess.2k file and rename it back to Msaccess.exe. Also, find the Hatten.sav file and rename it back to Hatten.ttf.