Dunno about A2003 but in the case of Access Xp..
The first time u run the PDW...it asks u for the the Access runtime  if it can't find it  and u specify New and then a location to store it ...and insert the Office CD...it copies the required runtime files to the location specified and i guess makes a registry entry...and in future it uses this location to copy the runtime files while packaging.
HTH
anup
   
    ----- chris comia wrote: -----
   
    i'm trying to deploy my MDE file using PDW.  in step five of 7, i specified english as the install languge, but when i clicked next button, the file "accessrt.msi" can't be found on my office 2003 installer.  what could be the problem here.  or is there anyway that i could deploy my Access MDE?  Thanks in advance.