I found out why it's such a huge install. It's because our chums at Microsoft have bunged in a copy of IE. Nice.
They have 'addressed the issue' after 'some representations' ! and there is a much smaller install now.
I wouldn't dream of using Access to sell something to 1000 users. It's just brilliant in one office, anything more than a few people, I'd use Vb every time.
Quote from another thread.
I just read this on
Thought it was relevant.
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3) ACCESS RUN-TIME MINIMUM RELEASED
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Perhaps you're among the developers who've been
frustrated by the fact that the Access 2000 Run-Time
takes 150MB to install---not counting your own database!
One of the culprits in that bloat is the "hidden"
installation of Internet Explorer 5.0 that comes along
with every runtime application.
Well, Microsoft has addressed this problem to some extent
with the new Access Run-Time Minimum; you can grab it at
This version leaves out all but the essential IE5 files,
with the result that it weighs in at a relatively svelte
70MB.
It's a sobering thought that the "minimum" size of
anything can be larger than the combined disk space on
the first four PCs that I owned, but I guess that just
shows my advancing age.
Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com