Installing Microsoft Access 97 with Office 2007
Installing Access '97 onto a machine with a later version of Office already installed is troublesome. Before installing '97 follow these steps:
Install the Jet 3.5 update (fixes problem with creating system database file):
Jet 3.5 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172733
Follow the instructions here in the "Access 2000 Is Already Installed" section:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241141
If you don't do the "hatten.ttf" trick you will get this error: "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on this machine".
Now install Access '97 as normal (you may want to change it's installation directory).
Install the Jet 3.5 update (fixes problem with creating system database file):
Jet 3.5 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172733
Follow the instructions here in the "Access 2000 Is Already Installed" section:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241141
If you don't do the "hatten.ttf" trick you will get this error: "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on this machine".
Now install Access '97 as normal (you may want to change it's installation directory).