ADT2: Uninstalling ADT Does Not Unregister Custom Controls

• Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you uninstall the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit (ADT) by choosing the Remove All button in the ADT Setup program, the custom controls are not recognized as shared components and are not removed from the registration database.

RESOLUTION

After you uninstall the ADT, manually remove the custom controls from the registration database by following these steps:

1. In Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.

2. In the Command Line box, type "regedit.exe" (without the quotation marks), and then choose OK.

3. In the Registered File Types box, select the custom control you want to remove.

4. From the Edit menu, choose Delete File Type.

5. Repeat steps 3-4 for each custom control you want to remove.

6. When you are finished, quit and then restart Microsoft Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

CAUTION: Following these steps will remove the ADT from your computer.

1. Start the ADT Setup program by double-clicking the MS ADT Setup icon in the ADT program group.

2. Choose the Remove All button. When you are prompted "Are you sure you want to remove this application?" choose Yes.

3. When Setup is finished, start Microsoft Access and then open the sample database NWIND.MDB.

4. Create a blank, new form.

5. From the Edit menu, choose Insert Object.

6. Select the Insert Control option button. Note that the custom controls (the calendar, data outline, and scroll bar controls) appear as if they are available because they have not been removed from the registration database.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit "Advanced Topics," version 2.0, "Introduction to the Developer's Toolkit," page xi