Solved File associations in 2019?

[Pat Hartman]

That's curious, because on Amazon just now, in the U.S., at least, it isn't included in the Home, Home & Business, or Family 365 (subscription) versions.

You have to read the fine print. MS simply doesn't even consider Access to be a lifeform. It doesn't include it in any advertising and when you do a clean install, you don't get to select which components you want to install anymore. It may install Access but it hides it. In order to actually see Access as an option on my start menu, I had to uninstall it and then run the install again.

 

[isladogs]

This issue has been raised with MS on numerous occasions but the situation hasn’t changed. Access and Publisher are listed but as PC only and you do have to search to find them in the information.

All the apps are installed automatically. The situation that Pat described is a strange anomaly that I've never heard reported by others.

AFAIAA, the only non corporate version that doesn’t include Access is the Home and Student edition.

 

[riktek]

You have to read the fine print. MS simply doesn't even consider Access to be a lifeform. It doesn't include it in any advertising and when you do a clean install, you don't get to select which components you want to install anymore. It may install Access but it hides it. In order to actually see Access as an option on my start menu, I had to uninstall it and then run the install again.

I did, of course. Amazon's, and Best Buy's, fine print are as described.

Good to know Access is included notwithstanding the fine print but I'm reticent to drop $100 or more on a nonrefundable purchase on the expectation that undocumented features are included.

To the point, though, I'm still stuck needing to figure out how to make the Access 2019 volume licensing key work.