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copied!<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/8702074/6884">ray023's answer</a> is basically correct, but one addition:</p> <p>At least on my machine (Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit, Access 2000 installed), both<br> <code>Environ("ProgramFiles")</code> and<br> <code>Environ("PROGRAMFILES(X86)")</code> </p> <p>...return the same folder, <code>C:\Program Files (x86)</code>.</p> <p>To get the "non-x86-folder" (<code>C:\Program Files</code>) on my 64 bit Windows, I need to use <code>Environ("ProgramW6432")</code>.</p> <p><a href="http://accesstips.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/get-developer-power-with-the-microsoft-access-vba-environ-function/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here's another link</a> about the <code>Environ</code> function, including code how to list all environment variables (that's how I found <code>ProgramW6432</code>).</p> <hr> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p> <p>As I already said in a comment, I just tested it on my other machine as the results seem to depend not only on the operating system, but on the installed MS Office version as well:</p> <p>This machine runs on Win XP SP3 32-bit, and Access 2000 is installed:</p> <p><code>Environ("ProgramFiles")</code> returns <code>C:\Programme</code>.<br> <em>(that's "Program Files" in German - I'm in Germany and my Windows is in German)</em> </p> <p><code>Environ("PROGRAMFILES(X86)")</code> and <code>Environ("ProgramW6432")</code> return an empty string.</p> <p>--> So the safest way to determine the "x86 folder" (no matter if on Win XP or Win 7) seems to be <code>Environ("ProgramFiles")</code>.</p>

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