mail merge problem

[edluke]

i have a database of addresses which i need to make mailinglabels from. the addresses to be printed will be based on a query. i can set up the form to open word and have the mail merge file in word set-up. everything works fine if i open msAccess first then open the database. i created a desktop shortcut for the database, and when i try to merge the data to the document word opens another instance of access, but that instance doesn't have the query parameters so the merge fails.

just wondering if anyone knows why it works fine by opening access first then the database in access, but not by opening the database from the shortcut.

thanx,
-ed