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These settings allow you to change the title, icon, startup screen and help file of Microsoft Access. This is particularly useful if distributing an application and you want to modify Access to look like your product.

Open your registry and find or create the key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\X.X\Access\Run-Time Options]

Where X.X is your Access version number; "8.0" for Access 97, "9.0" for Access 2000 and "10.0" for Access XP.

Create any or all of the values below to customize the identification and branding of the application.

• Titlebar - text shown in the window title
• StartupScreen - image (.BMP) shown when Access is loading
• Icon - icon (.ICO) shown in the title bar and task bar
• AppHelpFile - the help file to use in the application.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		AppHelpFile	REG_SZ	C:\App\help.hlp
		Icon	REG_SZ	C:\App\myicon.ico
		StartupScreen	REG_SZ	C:\App\Splash.bmp
		Titlebar	REG_SZ	My Custom Application

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\X.X\Access\Run-Time Options

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.