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@Pat. The problem is I can't find the MSAccess.exe program on the machines with the runtime installed.. did I miss it?
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Try omitting the path and just run the application. &nbsp;If there is only a single version of Access installed, Windows will find it. &nbsp;The location of MSACCESS.exe is dependent on where it was installed. &nbsp;If you can't find it by searching, perhaps it got installed in a hidden directory. &nbsp;I don't have any computer that has the runtime installed so I can't even look for you.
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Thanks! &nbsp;I don’t know how I missed it the first time... found it in an office15 directory.. that solved the problem!
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I have trouble seeing what's in front of my face too :) &nbsp;Glad you found it.
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I have an Access compiled program (Program.mde) which I need to start programmatically from another instance of access.<br />
Is there any way I can start an Access MDE programmatically when the machine is using the Microsoft Access Runtime 2016?<br />
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When my code is executed on machines which have Access installed, I use:<br />
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strPath1 = &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSACCESS.EXE<wbr />&quot;<br />
strParameter = &quot;C:\Disti-Master\Database\<wbr />Inventory_<wbr />Program.md<wbr />e&quot;<br />
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Call Shell(strPath1 &amp;&nbsp;&quot; &quot;&nbsp;&amp; strParameter)<br />
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MY PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE MACHINE USES THE MSACCESS RUNTIME. &nbsp;<br />
IN this case I can't figure out how to start the program using the shell command.
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I have an Access compiled program (Program.mde) which I need to start programmatically from another instance of access.
Is there any way I can start an Access MDE programmatically when the machine is using the Microsoft Access Runtime 2016?

When my code is executed on machines which have Access installed, I use:

strPath1 = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSACCESS.EXE"
strParameter = "C:\Disti-Master\Database\Inventory_Program.mde"

Call Shell(strPath1 & " " & strParameter)

MY PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE MACHINE USES THE MSACCESS RUNTIME.  
IN this case I can't figure out how to start the program using the shell command.

Need to programatically start a MS Access MDE using the Access Runtime

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.