Script or .bat needed to open office file file located in LAN

Hello,


I need to start a specific access database file (12.accdb) that is placed on a local server, from all the local clients.


I wrote this .bat file:

@echo off
START "Access" "C:\12.accdb"
exit

Than I converted bat to exe (I need to do this because I have to change ICON)

than I created a shortut of that .exe file in the LAN shared folder.
It runs well if the OS of both clients and server are windows vista/7/8
If the server has WINXP installed tring to open from a client it reports an error: "C:\12.accdb" not found"

WHY ????

....I would need an "universal" .bat or script file that can runs this document independant of the OS installed in the clients or in the server. (It will be installed in more than 10 LAN, each one may have different windows versions)

Maybe a script can works?
What do you reccomend me?


THANKS

Hello 823,

So if Windows XP, which is 32 bit only, gives you an error then your server is probably running on a 64 bit Office platform.

The problem I have is this:

File 12.accdb is placed on server.
If I place the shotcut of 12.accdb in the shared folder of the server, from every clients I can open the db with the shorcut placed in the shared folder. This is ok for me, but I need to change icon of that shortcut permanetly. (If the shortuct will be copied in antoher pc it will have to maintain same icon).
The only way I know to change the icon of a shortcut permanently is build an exe compiled with the desired icon, that contains a .bat or script file that opens 12.accdb file. But in this way I have the problem I've expleained in the previous post.

I don't know if there's another easy way to change icon permanently.

Can you help me please?


Thanks