Hello, again, Colleagues All,

My current PC runs Office 2010 and Access 2010 under Windows 7. My laptop runs Office 2003, Access 2003 under Windows XP.

I have copied some databases from my laptop to my PC, with the intention of upgrading them to the latest and greatest. However, whenever I try to open a database (in the expectation it will ask me if I want to upgrade it), the only responses I get are (i) a VBA box with the message "VBE6EXT.OLB cannot be loaded" or (ii) a similar box with the message "Your network access was interrupted. To continue, close the database and then open it again.". I have Googled the file name, but have received a lot of conflicting advice (probably because the error happens under all sorts of conditions). I also created a new database, but when I click on the VBA tab in the ribbon, there is no response at all.

With some good advice from another forum, I did a bit more research and eventually found the file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\VBA\VBA6. In an adjacent directory, I found a file .\VBA\VBA7\VBE7.dll. I am mystified that my system, assuming my old database is using VBA6, cannot find the file, or if it insists on using VBA7, it is even bothering to look for it.

I am getting a bit stressed over this one, as a client, for whom I developed a database about five years ago, and who, on the advice of a manager, replaced it with a commercial system, rang me up out of the blue and said he was ditching that one and wanted to restart development of the old system.

Any advice gratefully received.

Dis you try to re-install/repair Office on the Windows 7 machine?