RE: missing system.mdw file

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From: Evan (paradiso5_at_new.rr.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:21:20 -0800

Thanks for the quick reply. Here's what I have.

The registry key is not missing. I have
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0 and can
access all its folders.

If I go to registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0
\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines I can see the path where
System.mdw should be. But as I said before I don't have
that file anywhere on my computer. I'm guessing if I had
that file and put it in the expected folder I wouldn't
have this problem?

I'm not sure how to check to see if I have "full
permission" to the registries. All the keys you listed I
can open and see. Is there something else to do to see if
I have "full permission"?

Thanks again.

Evan

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>It's most likely a registry permissions (or incorrect
entry) issue.
>
>- Click Start > Run and type regedit
>- Click OK
>- See if the following registry key is missing
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0
>- If it is then uninstall Office XP completely, and
delete the folder
>"C:\Program files\Microsoft Office\Office" (or the
location you installed
>Office XP)
>
>- Delete the registry key
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0
>- Reboot the machine and reinstall. Should it still not
work then look at
>the following
>
>- Via Regedit (like above) make sure you have *full
permissions* to these
>registry keys and all it's subkeys
>
> * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
>
> *
>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-124525095-708259637-1543119021-25522
\Software\Microsoft
> *
>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-854245398-1001
\Software\Microsoft
>
> * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft
>
> * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses
> * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Jet
>
> *
        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0
>
>
>I hope this helps! If you have additional questions on
this topic, please
>respond back to this posting.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Eric Butts
>Microsoft Access Support
>ebutts@online.microsoft.com
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>Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026? If not Microsoft
strongly advises
>you to review the information at the following link
regarding Microsoft
>Security Bulletin MS03-026
><http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03
-026.asp> and/or
>to visit Windows Update at
<http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/> to install
>the patch. Running the SCAN program from the Windows
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>
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>| I cannot create any new databases in Access 2002 on
>| Windows 2000. I get an error message saying that I am
>| missing the system.mdw file. I searched my hard drives
>| and did not find it. When I tried to create a new .mdw
>| file I was not allowed. The error I got said I didn't
>| have permission to create a file, my path was
incorrect,
>| or I was out of disk space. I've tried reinstalling
>| Office XP with no luck.
>|
>| Any ideas?
>|
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