If you want to upgrade to Office XP and retain compatibility with your currently installed version of the DVD Register, you must use the custom setup option of the setup procedure for Office XP. The default setup procedure of Office XP will remove all previous versions of the Office applications including Access. However the custom setup procedure will permit you to retain the older versions of the Office applications. Use the following procedure:

1. Start the Office XP setup application and select the "Customize" option.
2. When prompted, you will need to change the target Office XP folder from:
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office        to        C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office XP
3. CRITICAL: You should put a check on the box: "Save the Applications". Office XP allows you to selectively remove older Office application. You may selectively remove WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, and others  but do NOT remove the previous version of ACCESS.
4. Continue with the Office XP setup procedure.

If you are reading this page, then you may have already installed Access XP and broken the DVD Register. In this case the DVD Register will not startup and reports that "The expression you entered has a function name that DVD Register can't find". The following procedure can be used to restore the DVD Register to operation.  Use the following procedure:

1. Make a copy of you database. This procedure will reinstall the factory database and will overwrite your personal catalog. Locate the application database file usually C:\Program Files\Laser Disc Register \Release 1.xx\DVD Register.mde (alternatively Laser Disc Register.mde). Copy this file to a backup location in another folder. Change the name of the file to DVD Register Backup.mde
2. Install the DVD Register from the CD-R
3. When prompted, you will need to change the target Office folder from:
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office        to        C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2000
4. Copy the backup file you made in Step one and overwrite the factory installed file with the same name.

If you are reading this page, then you may have already installed Access XP and broken the DVD Register. In this case the DVD Register will ask you if you want to convert the database format and then when you say "OK" it will tell you that you do not have the appropriate permissions.  The following procedure can be used to restore the DVD Register to operation. You will need to temporarily change the name of the file msaccess.exe on your PC and then reinstall the DVD Register from the original CD or download. By renaming msaccess.exe,  the DVD Register Setup will  install the runtime version of Access 97 that you will need to use the DVD Register. Use the following procedure:

1. Make a copy of you database. This procedure will reinstall the factory database and will overwrite your personal catalog. Locate the application database file usually C:\Program Files\Laser Disc Register \Release 1.xx\DVD Register.mde (alternatively Laser Disc Register.mde). Copy this file to a backup location in another folder. Change the name of the file to DVD Register Backup.mde
2. Open Windows Explorer and select the drive where you have installed Access XP, This would normally be the C: drive. Now select the command Tools>Find>Files or Folders… Enter the file name: msaccess.exe into the Named: field. Click the “Find Now” command button to start the search.
3. When the search completes, select the file and the select the command File>Rename. The file will normally be located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office Change the name of the file to msxxxxxx.exe Close the Find window.
4. Install the DVD Register from the CD-R or the install pack from a download.
5. Restore the name of the file that you changed in Step 2. Use can use the Find command or you can navigate directly to the folder where you found the file in Step 2. Change the name from msxxxxxx.exe to msaccess.exe
6. Copy the backup file you made in Step one and overwrite the factory installed file with the same name