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February 20th, 2009, 03:05 AM
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%USERPROFILE% in Command line
Hi,
I'm trying to create a generic shortcut to open an Access database located on each of our network users desktops. What I'm trying is below and I can't get it to recognize the proper path to the users desktop. %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\myapp.mdb" Any ideas? Thanks, Ken 
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February 20th, 2009, 04:26 AM
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:05:02 -0800, KPR
wrote: Why not simply create a single shortcut in the All Users\Desktop folder? -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP Hi, I'm trying to create a generic shortcut to open an Access database located on each of our network users desktops. What I'm trying is below and I can't get it to recognize the proper path to the users desktop. %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\myapp.mdb" Any ideas? Thanks, Ken
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February 20th, 2009, 08:25 PM
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because each user has their own copy of the front end database.
"Tom van Stiphout" wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:05:02 -0800, KPR wrote: Why not simply create a single shortcut in the All Users\Desktop folder? -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP Hi, I'm trying to create a generic shortcut to open an Access database located on each of our network users desktops. What I'm trying is below and I can't get it to recognize the proper path to the users desktop. %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\myapp.mdb" Any ideas? Thanks, Ken
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February 21st, 2009, 03:26 AM
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:01 -0800, KPR
wrote: Each user has their own copy of the FE on each workstation? You're saying if 3 employees use a particular workstation from time to time, you install 3 copies of the FE on that machine? Why can't they share the same one? Typically there is nothing user-specific in a FE. -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP because each user has their own copy of the front end database. "Tom van Stiphout" wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:05:02 -0800, KPR wrote: Why not simply create a single shortcut in the All Users\Desktop folder? -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP Hi, I'm trying to create a generic shortcut to open an Access database located on each of our network users desktops. What I'm trying is below and I can't get it to recognize the proper path to the users desktop. %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\myapp.mdb" Any ideas? Thanks, Ken
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February 21st, 2009, 05:18 PM
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On a previous question I asked....
I have 15 people Terminal Serving in to our office to enter data into an Access 2003 database, each with their own TS login account. What database configuration will give give me the best performance? Should I split the database? If so should each user have their own front end app? and you answered... All documentation I have ever seen about this topic SCREAM the same recommendation: every user must have their own FE. If you don't like the performance, work at that following the standard recommendations for split databases, but don't go back to a monolithic db. -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP So thats's what I trying to do. Am I misunderstanding something? Thanks, Ken "Tom van Stiphout" wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:01 -0800, KPR wrote: Each user has their own copy of the FE on each workstation? You're saying if 3 employees use a particular workstation from time to time, you install 3 copies of the FE on that machine? Why can't they share the same one? Typically there is nothing user-specific in a FE. -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP because each user has their own copy of the front end database. "Tom van Stiphout" wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:05:02 -0800, KPR wrote: Why not simply create a single shortcut in the All Users\Desktop folder? -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP Hi, I'm trying to create a generic shortcut to open an Access database located on each of our network users desktops. What I'm trying is below and I can't get it to recognize the proper path to the users desktop. %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\myapp.mdb" Any ideas? Thanks, Ken
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February 21st, 2009, 07:35 PM
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:26:57 -0700, Tom van Stiphout
wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:01 -0800, KPR wrote: Each user has their own copy of the FE on each workstation? You're saying if 3 employees use a particular workstation from time to time, you install 3 copies of the FE on that machine? Why can't they share the same one? Typically there is nothing user-specific in a FE. That's reasonable UNLESS the three users might be using the database concurrently. Having a split database with a shared frontend gives you all the disadvanatages of a shared database (bloat, corruption, contention, lockouts) AND of a split database (network traffic, need to tune performance). I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you on this one, Tom! -- John W. Vinson [MVP]
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February 21st, 2009, 08:51 PM
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:18:01 -0800, KPR
wrote: Perhaps my post was not clear enough. I mostly work in environments where a workstation is used by a single user, so the statement "every user must have his/her own FE" and "every workstation must have its own FE" are equivalent. If multiple users use the same workstation, I would still only install the FE once, and have a shortcut to it in the All Users/Desktop folder. -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP On a previous question I asked.... I have 15 people Terminal Serving in to our office to enter data into an Access 2003 database, each with their own TS login account. What database configuration will give give me the best performance? Should I split the database? If so should each user have their own front end app? and you answered... All documentation I have ever seen about this topic SCREAM the same recommendation: every user must have their own FE. If you don't like the performance, work at that following the standard recommendations for split databases, but don't go back to a monolithic db. -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP So thats's what I trying to do. Am I misunderstanding something? Thanks, Ken "Tom van Stiphout" wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:01 -0800, KPR wrote: Each user has their own copy of the FE on each workstation? You're saying if 3 employees use a particular workstation from time to time, you install 3 copies of the FE on that machine? Why can't they share the same one? Typically there is nothing user-specific in a FE. -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP because each user has their own copy of the front end database. "Tom van Stiphout" wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:05:02 -0800, KPR wrote: Why not simply create a single shortcut in the All Users\Desktop folder? -Tom. Microsoft Access MVP Hi, I'm trying to create a generic shortcut to open an Access database located on each of our network users desktops. What I'm trying is below and I can't get it to recognize the proper path to the users desktop. %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\myapp.mdb" Any ideas? Thanks, Ken
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February 21st, 2009, 08:55 PM
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:35:46 -0700, John W. Vinson
wrote: When I wrote "share the same one" I meant "on the same workstation". -Tom. On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:26:57 -0700, Tom van Stiphout wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:01 -0800, KPR wrote: Each user has their own copy of the FE on each workstation? You're saying if 3 employees use a particular workstation from time to time, you install 3 copies of the FE on that machine? Why can't they share the same one? Typically there is nothing user-specific in a FE. That's reasonable UNLESS the three users might be using the database concurrently. Having a split database with a shared frontend gives you all the disadvanatages of a shared database (bloat, corruption, contention, lockouts) AND of a split database (network traffic, need to tune performance). I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you on this one, Tom!
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February 21st, 2009, 09:28 PM
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Tom van Stiphout wrote in
: If multiple users use the same workstation, I would still only install the FE once, and have a shortcut to it in the All Users/Desktop folder. ....because only one user will be using the workstation at a time. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/
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February 21st, 2009, 09:30 PM
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John W. Vinson wrote in
: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:26:57 -0700, Tom van Stiphout wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:01 -0800, KPR wrote: Each user has their own copy of the FE on each workstation? You're saying if 3 employees use a particular workstation from time to time, you install 3 copies of the FE on that machine? Why can't they share the same one? Typically there is nothing user-specific in a FE. That's reasonable UNLESS the three users might be using the database concurrently. How exactly does someone do that on a workstation? I thought Tom's point was quite clear. In the context in which he made his observation about AllUsers, I thought the OP was talking about workstations, not WTS, so I thought his comment was spot on. I'd consider it batsh*t crazy to maintain seperate front ends for each user on a workstation. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/
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