The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine.

Question

I have written a console application in VB.NET 2008 Express Edition that as of Friday (17 May 2013) was working.  Now when I try to run it I receive the following message: "The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine."  I used to receive this message before and fixed it and those fixes are still there.

Answer 1

try setting your target CPU to x86:

Project-->Properties-->Compile-->Advanced Compile Options-->Target CPU

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thanks for any help

Answer 2

I already have the target CPU set to x86

Answer 3

When did you last apply updates to the machine in question? Were there any Office updates which failed?

It could actually be that Jet is not registered; there are instructions to register it in Answer 4 at www.codeproject.com/Questions/464072/The-Microsoft-Jet-OLEDB-4-0-provider-is-not-regist

HTH,

Andrew

Answer 4

Thanks Andrew this worked great!  I will have to keep this close, just in case. :-)