Missing Microsoft Access wizards

Problem

When you try to start any of the Microsoft Access wizards, the wizard does not start and may say that it is not installed. Most often seen on network installations.

Solution

Use one of the following methods to resolve this problem.
NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer.

Make sure that you use a Windows Installer shortcut to start Access. The Windows Installer shortcuts are automatically placed on the Start menu when you install Office. You can also add Windows Installer shortcuts to the Office Shortcut Bar.
Right-click the Office Shortcut Bar. On the shortcut menu, click Customize. (If you click Properties and the Shortcut key, and all the items are unavailable you have a Windows Installer shortcut)
Click the Buttons tab.
In the Show these Files as Buttons list, click to select the Microsoft Access check box.
Click OK.
Check to see if you are missing either the Acwzmain.mde file or the Acwztool.mde file or both. To do so, follow these steps:
- On the Start menu, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
- In the Named box, type acwzmain.mde, acwztool.mde.
- In the Look In list, click Local hard drive(s).
- Click to select the Include Subfolders check box, and then click Find Now.
- If this search does not find one or both of these files, follow these steps to replace the missing file or files:
  - Insert the Microsoft Office or Access compact disc.
  - By using Windows Explorer, open the Pfiles\Msoffice\Office\1033 folder on your CD-ROM drive, and locate the Acwzmain.mde and/or Acwztool.mde files.
  - Select the missing file, and then click Copy on the Edit menu
  - Open the folder that you installed Office into. The default folder is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office. If you are using Access 2000, select the Office\1033 folder, if Access97 the Office folder
  - on the Edit menu, click Paste.
  - If you are using a network, you may want to have copies of these on your hard drive
  NOTE: If both files were missing, repeat these steps for the second file.
Start Access.
Try to start one of the wizards. You may see a message that this feature is not installed. The wizards should then be installed and should work correctly.
If not, select Addins from the Utilities menu
Press the Add New button

Select the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\1033 is Access 2000 (or C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office if Access 97) folder. Four files should be listed:

Wizard	Access 2000	Access 97
library database	acwzlib.mde	wzlib80.mde
	acwzmain.mde	wzmain80.mde
	acwztool.mde	wztool80.mde
synchronisation conflicter addin	-	wzcnf80.mde
special library database holing tools addins and code no longer in wizards	utility.mda	utility.mda

To help you decide which has not been installed the following shows which wizard is in which file:

Wizard name	Wizard file
Add-In Manager Wizard	acwztool.mde
AutoDialer	utility.mda
AutoFormat Wizard	acwzmain.mde
AutoForm/AutoReport/AutoPage Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Business Form Wizard (lang-specific)	acwztool.mde
Conflicts Wizard Replication	wzcnflct.exe
Crosstab Query Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Database Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Database Splitter Wizard	acwztool.mde
Documenter Wizard	acwztool.mde
Exchange & Outlook Wizard	acwzlib.mde
Find Duplicates Wizard	acwztool.mde
Find Unmatched Wizard	acwztool.mde
Form Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Furigana Wizard (Japanese-specific)	acwztool.mde
Graph (Chart) Wizard/Builder	acwztool.mde
Import/Export Wizard	acwzlib.mde
Input Mask Wizard	acwztool.mde
Linked Table Manager Wizard	acwztool.mde
MacroToModule Wizard	acwztool.mde
Mailing Label Wizard	acwzmain.mde
MailMerge Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Page Combo/Listbox Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Page Command Button Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Page Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Partial Replica Wizard	acwztool.mde
Performance Analyzer Wizard	acwztool.mde
Pivot Table Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Postal Address Wizard (lang-specific)	acwztool.mde
Postal Code Converter (lang-specific)	acwztool.mde
Postcard Wizard	acwztool.mde
Print Relationships Wizard	acwzlib.mde
Report Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Security Wizard	acwztool.mde
Simple Query Wizard	acwzmain.mde
SQL Server Database Wizard	acwztool.mde
Subform/Subreport Field Linker Wizard	acwztool.mde
Switchboard Manager Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Table Analyzer Wizard	acwztool.mde
Table Wizard	acwzmain.mde
Textbox Wizard	acwztool.mde
Upsizing Wizard	acwztool.mde

Builders
Combobox/Listbox/Lookup Builder	acwzmain.mde
Command Button Builder	acwzmain.mde
Field Builder	acwzmain.mde
ODBC Connect String Builder	acwztool.mde
Option Group Builder	acwztool.mde
Picture Builder	acwzmain.mde
ZOOM BUILDER	utility.mda

You could also check the register settings with regedit from the Start menu: hkey_CurrentUser\software\microsoft\office\9.0\access\settings --> there should be a key named like this:
MRU1 path to "acwztool.mde"
MRU2 path to "acwzmain.mde"
MRU3 path to "acwzlib.mde"