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runaccess.exe - where is it?

I install MS Access 2010 runtime expecting to find runaccess.exe - but it's not there. How do I install runaccess.exe?

I have an old application with a complex command line to call an Access file using runaccess.exe.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=10910

Ryan Chong

you may note that:

I just installed the Access Runtme version. Where is it?

You will not see the Access Runtime on your Start Menu with the other Microsoft Office applications. The Access runtime is not used in the same way you would use the full version of Access. The Access Runtime can only be used with existing databases. It is possible to use Windows Explorer to find the database file and double click on it to open it in the Access Runtime. I find it better to create a shortcut to launch the database with the Access runtime. You can place the shortcut on the desktop and/or the Start Menu.

extracted from:

What is the Access Runtime Version?
http://hitechcoach.com/component/content/article/65-access-databases/runtime-version/62-what-is-the-access-runtime-version

ADJ World

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I cannot see runaccess.exe after installing 'Microsoft Access 2010 Runtime' from the MS download.

I expected to see it in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Access Runtime\Office10\runaccess.EXE <- as it is in the existing PC.

Ryan Chong

as mentioned in previous post, it would be launch by running your Access file. It seems that it cannot be opened anyway without an existing Access database.

ste5an

What kind of runtime (32bit or 64bit)?

Did the installation work? Any error messages?

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ADJ World

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OK.

Following the install of ACCESS 10 run-time, if see no 'runaccess.exe' but do see msaccess.exe (should have looked).

Perhaps when this application was first installed many many moons ago MSACCESS.exe was renamed - I don't know - but /runtime was a positional parameter included in the original shortcut.