Make database compiled on win10 compatible with win7

[Robyn_P]

Hello,



I don't know if this is possible but thought if anyone would know, I'd ask here. I have a database that I'm creating in Access 2013 on a Win10 machine.

Some of my colleagues are still on win7 machines with access 2010. When they try and open the database they get an error saying that it's been created on a later version of Access and they can't open it.

Is there a way to compile it to be backwards compatible, i.e. so that it can be run with the earlier version of access on a win7 machine?
Alternatively, is access 2013 compatible with win7 and if I could get people to upgrade their version of Access would the operating system still be a problem?

If you can help it would be really useful as without a solution I have people running different versions of the database which is obviously less than ideal.

Robyn

[ranman256]

file, SAVE AS
save to older version. Make all users use this older version to maintain just 1 version. All new Access versions can read the old ones.

[Welshgasman]

It is nothing to do with Win7 / Win 10, just different Access versions.?

You would need to develop with the lowest version, if you just want one DB?