The 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine.

Question

I'm not sure this is the correct forum, if not please can you direct me accordingly.

I'm trying to extract data from Excel 2007 using OleDB.

I've downloaded and run '2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components' and the installation appears correct, but when I try and open a connection (from c#) I get the error above.

I don't know how to check if the driver is really there.  It is not shown in the ODBC panel (though the ODBC drivers - probably legacy are).

I'm running W2K3 x64 R2 on a twin dual Athelon machine with lots of resource.

Can anyone suggest how I diagnose this?

Iain

 

 

 

Answer 1

Hi Iain

I can think of two places that would be good to ask this: the Data.OleDB and the Access programming newsgroups.

You wouldn't see OleDB providers in the ODBC administrator, that's a different technology :-)

Answer 2

hi laindowns,
please help me, i am also facing the same problem.
u solved this issue?

thanks
Praveen

Answer 3

Hi,

I had this problem initially, but it appeared to be due to installing the .exe over the network.

After copying to my C: Drive first, it worked fine.

You can see if it has installed by looking in add/remove programs - it appears in the list as “Microsoft Office Access database engine 2007”

Pete

Answer 4

try installing the Data Connectivity Components from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=7554f536-8c28-4598-9b72-ef94e038c891&displayLang=en

Answer 5

Hi,

I've had the exact same problem.
Actually it is because you are running 64-bit windows and there are no MS Access drivers that run 64-bit. So to solve it you need to change your build configuration to x86. You can do that on the project properties dialog under "Compile>Advanced Compile Options...>Target CPU". Change it to "x86". Then clean and rebuild your solution. It should work like a charm now.

Regards,
Hugo

Answer 6

Actually it is because you are running 64-bit windows and there are no MS Access drivers that run 64-bit. So to solve it you need to change your build configuration to x86. You can do that on the project properties dialog under "Compile>Advanced Compile Options...>Target CPU". Change it to "x86". Then clean and rebuild your solution. It should work like a charm now.

This is weird. I have a project that has this problem. I tried to follow your directions, but there is nowhere on that screen that says "Target CPU". 

 

The funny thing is that on the SAME machine, I have a different project where I DO see the Target CPU button. I am SOOOO confused!

Answer 7

Kinda ditto here. I'm trying to create a database application using vb express edition 2008. I'm on windows 7 with a 64bit core. I downloaded the x86 data connectivity component, and it didn't do anything. And the Target CPU option isn't there, so I can't really keep on working since i can't debug it properly. Anyone got any ideas? Please?

Answer 8

Thanks a lot it really works

Answer 9

thank youuuuuuuuu hugo Ur the best ;-)

Answer 10

Hi, guys

         Now you don't have to compile the application against platform x86 for data accessing on x64 platform, for with the office 2010, Microsoft has delieved 64 bit ACE OLEDB Provider, it has backward compatibility, I have tried, it is working for office 2007. you can find more detail @ page http://blogs.msdn.com/b/farukcelik/archive/2010/06/04/accessing-excel-files-on-a-x64-machine.aspx

  Juan Yang

Answer 11

Hi, guys

         Now you don't have to compile the application against platform x86 for data accessing on x64 platform, for with the office 2010, Microsoft has delieved 64 bit ACE OLEDB Provider, it has backward compatibility, I have tried, it is working for office 2007. you can find more detail @ page http://blogs.msdn.com/b/farukcelik/archive/2010/06/04/accessing-excel-files-on-a-x64-machine.aspx

  Juan Yang

 

AWESOME, I have been aiting for this a long time, I can see it came out in June 2010 first, but anyway this works properly :) Patience is a virtue.

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Richard

Answer 12

Hugo, you are simply great !!!

Answer 13

This did not work for me I get I cannot initialize the data source object of 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' for linked server "(null)".

I downloaded the update and everything in the instructions went well except for the last test which is running the following query

select * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;Database=C:\temp\test.xls', [Sheet1$])

.  Made sure that the file existed I needed to assume the file needed to exist because it failed if it did not.

 

Help

Sorry for the LARGE font can get it back to normal

Answer 14

Changing compile option to x86 worked for me.  Thanks!

Answer 15

I had to install the 64 bit ACE OLEDB provider. I had no option in SSIS to target the CPU.

Thanks.. worked fine once installed on server.

Answer 16

Hugo,

It worked so fine with me!! Thanks a lot, really! :) :)

Have a very nice day!

Answer 17

Hi, guys

         Now you don't have to compile the application against platform x86 for data accessing on x64 platform, for with the office 2010, Microsoft has delieved 64 bit ACE OLEDB Provider, it has backward compatibility, I have tried, it is working for office 2007. you can find more detail @ page http://blogs.msdn.com/b/farukcelik/archive/2010/06/04/accessing-excel-files-on-a-x64-machine.aspx

  Juan Yang

Unfortunately Installing "AccessDatabaseEngine" or  changing "Target CPU > x86"

didn't help. Still  got the Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 provider..." warning.

Installing "accessruntime" solved my problem at last.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=d9ae78d9-9dc6-4b38-9fa6-2c745a175aed&displaylang=en

or

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=57a350cd-5250-4df6-bfd1-6ced700a6715&displaylang=en

Answer 18

Uggy, All,

     As you I'm working on an SSIS package. I've installed the AccessDatabaseEngine_X64 provider (I'm running W7x64), but despite that I still get this error message about Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 not registered on the local machine   (I'm using an Excel 10 data source, but I don't think it matters for such error message)

    I notice that there is a Data Provider entry created for it created under VS10.0 but none created under VS9.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0_Config\DataProviders\{7F041D59-D76A-44ed-9AA2-FBF6B0548B80}\Specialization\Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0

       How can I register the ACE.OLEDB.12.0 for VS9.0 ?

       Related question : I try to open my SSIS solution package  with VS2010 but it can not be loaded "dtproj project file not supported". Any hints here as well.

 Pascal.

 

 

Answer 19

OK, I reply to my own question about VS2010 : The SSIS tools are specific to the version of SQL Server, therefore as I do have SQL 2008 R2, I need to use VS2008. No 2010 version of SQL

 

Pascal.

Answer 20

I was trying to import Excel 2007 file into SQL server 2008 R2 on server that does not have Office 2007 installed and got the error

'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine. (System.Data)

This solution worked for me. Thank you.

This is first time MSDN forum helped me ;)

Answer 21

Thanks hugo, this solved my issue... u look to be gr8!!!

Answer 22

Thank you so much friend it enormously helped.

Answer 23

thatz awsome hugo...it worked...saved my precious time...thanx a lot

Answer 24

Thank you very much,

İt helps me so much....

 

Answer 25

This ones work with me. 

Hugo thanks!

 

Answer 26

Excellent, this really helped. Thanks alot.

Answer 27

Man, I know this topic is a little old, but I had this problem too. I download the Data Connectivity Components and it worked!! Thanks a lot!!

Answer 28

Hi,

I am also facing issue with MS DAC and getting "The 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine" error.

1. I tried installing MDAC 2.8

2. Changing the build configuration to X86

3. Registering MSjet dll files from c:\windows\system32

NO Solution found! Please help me!

Can any body tell me what would be wrong ? or how can we assure that the MDAC components are installed correctly or not (Registry setting / physical dll files for verification)

Thanks in advance!

-Suja

Answer 29

For me the following solution worked for me i am a newbie correct me if i went wrong somewhere

if you are using 64bit go to C:/Windows/SysWOW64/  there you can found odbcad32 run the program

1. Add your database by clicking ADD button choose Microsoft Access Driver(*.mdb,*.accdb)

Give the datasource name

Click select button and browse to your database location and select it

then your database will be shown in USER DSN

after this try to run your code

Answer 30

here we go.

http://www.sqlserverwave.com/2009/12/16/ssis-2008-error-the-microsoft-ace-oledb-12-0-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-873

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Regards,

Ahmad Elayyan

Database Team Leader

Answer 31

Thttp://download.micro

Two things you can do to solve this your problem, 1) Compile your code to target x86 or go to <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/4/3/24375141-E08D-4803-AB0E-10F2E3A07AAA/AccessDatabaseEngine_x64.exe">this site</a> and download your needed solutions from Microsoft

soft.com/download/2/4/3/24375141-E08D-4803-AB0E-10F2E3A07AAA/AccessDatabaseEngine_x64.exe

Answer 32

Whatever content was there is gone. Do you have the info or other source?

Answer 33

This solutions worked for me. Thank You Hugo.

I had the same situation.

Thank You

Mohan

Answer 34

Hi, I just mee the same error, i installted Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable.

 envirment: 32-bit Access 2010 + 64-bit app, 

Can 64-bit app connect 32-bit access?