It does not have any of the development and design tools of a full version of Access so you cannot make any changes to the design of an application and you can use the built-in menus or create your own queries or anything like that.įrom 2010 onwards Runtime comes in 2 versions: 64 bit and 32 bit. So, essentially it is designed for users to be able to use an application created by a developer with a full licence. Microsoft Access Runtime is a free version of Access that allows you to run Access applications including entering, deleting and modifying records.
