I'm having a problem with this that I can't seem to figure out. I've
set everything up, I've gotten it to work correctly on MY system, and
now I'm ready to test it for other users. When other users run the
exact same shortcut I do, they get the following error:
Start Error *************************************************
The Desktop shortcut has the following for the first portion of the
Target:
'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE'
when it should be:
'G:\GATRANE\StartMDB.exe'
The actual file is: 'C:\Documents and Settings\ts12d439\Desktop\Trane
Database'
---------- G:\GATRANE\UpdateTrnDB.ini--------------------
[Settings]
MainApp="c:\Program Files\TrnDB\FrontEnd.mde"
Server=G:\GATRANE\UpdateTrnDB
StartMethod=AutoSelect
CommandLine=/user %user% /wrkgrp G:\GATRANE\wrkgrp.mdw
MDWFile=G:\GATRANE\wrkgrp.mdw
MDWUser=AutoUpdate
MDWPassword=(Password is encrypted)
Lockout=No
LockoutMsg=Sorry, the database is currently down for maintenance.
SupportMsg=Please contact Darin Cline for support.
ShortCutName=Trane Database
CreateShortCutOnDesktop=yes
CreateShortCutOnCommonDesktop=no
ShortCutIconFile=G:\GATRANE\trnicon.ico
ShortCutIconFileIndex=0
MDWPasswordEncrypted=C43FD6A75EFB14D4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Auto FE Updater Version: 1.69
Windows Version: Windows XP 5.1 build 2600 (Service Pack 1)
User: ts12d439
Workstn: WSTS12D439L
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End Error ****************************************************
Some google searching turned up a usenet post of someone having the
same error, and Tony replied that the problem was not passing the ini
file to the auto FE update exe file that the user should be running.
But in my case, I AM passing that. Here is the exact shortcut that I'm
having the other user run:
G:\GATRANE\StartMDB.exe /cmd /inifile:"G:\GATRANE\UpdateTrnDB.ini"
As you can see, the "first portion" of the shortcut is the path to the
auto fe updater executable, but the error seems to claim that the first
portion is the ACCESS executable. Ironically, I don't specify the
access executable ANYWHERE. It's pulling that on it's own (which it
should, to determine what version of Access to run, but it shouldn't be
using that to install the front end on the user's computer).
Any ideas?
Thanks!
>I'm having a problem with this that I can't seem to figure out. I've
>set everything up, I've gotten it to work correctly on MY system, and
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>The actual file is: 'C:\Documents and Settings\ts12d439\Desktop\Trane
>Database'
I suspect the problem is that your shortcut on the server has the same
name as an already existing shortcut on the users desktop. So the
Auto FE Updater is telling you there's a problem with the users
desktop.
So, just to test this, change the following line in the INI file
ShortCutName=Trane Database
to read anything else.
ShortCutName=Trane Database testing
should work.
Tony

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google@darincline.com - 15 Feb 2006 18:55 GMT
Thank you very muc Tony! The user I was testing with isn't in today -
she's home with her computer. But I did test another user here in the
office, and it works fine, so the problem is specific to the machine,
not the ini or the software itself. I spent so much time trying to
figure out what might have been wrong with the way I had things set up,
I didn't even look at detail at her machine, and it wouldn't have
occured to me that an identically names shortcut could have caused
this. But now that you mention it, it is quite possible that she
already has a "Trane Database" shortcut. We did have one, and now I'm
creating a new one, so she may have a left over shortcut. I'll change
it to NEW Trane Database. :-)
Thanks!