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Asked: 2026-06-05T14:46:21+00:00

I have a commandline invocation of MS Access like so: %Programfiles%\Office11\msaccess.exe How can I

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I have a commandline invocation of MS Access like so:

%Programfiles%\Office11\msaccess.exe

How can I eliminate the “Office11” part so that the resulting invocation executes whatever version of MS Access that is installed? I have to run this on commandline so the option of using Start > Run dialog is not applicable.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can read the registry to find the folder where MSACCESS.EXE is located. Here is a VBScript example.

    Option Explicit
Dim MSAccPath
Dim RegKey
Dim WSHShell
RegKey = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\" _
    & "CurrentVersion\App Paths\MSACCESS.EXE\Path"
Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
MSAccPath = WSHShell.RegRead(RegKey)
WScript.Echo "MS Access Path: " & MSAccPath & "MSACCESS.EXE"
Set WSHShell = Nothing
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