Customize text driver settingsCaution Many Microsoft Access registry settings are added automatically when you install Microsoft Access. Changing the installed settings can produce unexpected results, which may make it necessary to reinstall Microsoft Access. It is strongly recommended that you not change settings in the Microsoft Windows registry. However, if you must change registry settings or options, use the Windows Registry Editor, and change only those settings or options that are explicitly documented. The revised settings take effect the next time you start Microsoft Access. It is recommended that you back up all of the registry, or at least the part you will be editing. For information, look up "backing up the registry" in the index of the Registry Editor Help.
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Customize text driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Text subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in this subkey will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access text data. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\Text subkey, and then modify values there. If the \Text subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.
Customize Microsoft Excel driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Excel subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in this subkey will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access Microsoft Excel data. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\Excel subkey, and then modify values there. If the \Excel subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.
Customize dBASE driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Xbase subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in these subkeys will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access dBASE data. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\dBASE subkey, and then modify values there. If the \dBASE subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.
Customize Paradox driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Paradox subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in this subkey will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access Paradox data. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\Paradox subkey, and then modify values there. If the \Paradox subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.
Customize Lotus driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Lotus subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in this subkey will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access Lotus 1-2-3 data. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\Lotus subkey, and then modify values there. If the \Lotus subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.
Customize Microsoft Exchange driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Exchange subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in this subkey will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access Microsoft Exchange data. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\Exchange subkey, and then modify values there. If the \Exchange subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.
Customize ODBC driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\ODBC subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in this subkey will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access ODBC databases. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\ODBC subkey, and then modify values there. If the \ODBC subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.
Customize HTML driver settings
How?
- To run the Registry Editor, click the Microsoft Windows Start button, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the appropriate registry subkey. The two main subkeys that contain settings that affect Microsoft Access are:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0
If there is a plus (+) to the left of the subkey, that registry subkey contains additional subkeys. To edit a registry subkey's value, double-click the subkey in the left pane of the Registry Editor window to open it, and then double-click the value you want to edit in the right pane of the Registry Editor window. In some cases, you may need to add new subkeys or values. For information on how to add new subkeys and values, use the Registry Editor Help.
To make changes to the Microsoft Jet database engine, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Text subkey and make the desired changes.
Important Changes to settings in this subkey will affect all programs installed on the computer that use the Microsoft Jet database engine to access HTML data. In addition to Microsoft Access, this includes Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or later.
To make changes that apply only to Access 2002, navigate to the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines\Text subkey, and then modify values there. If the \Text subkey does not exist, create the subkey, and then add the values.