.Net Thoughts and Ideas - ADO.Net http://xealcom.co.uk/ Place to share and reflect ... en-us Alex B. Clarke Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:53:12 GMT newtelligence dasBlog 2.3.9074.18820 alexclarke@xealcom.net alexclarke@xealcom.net http://xealcom.co.uk/Trackback.aspx?guid=3ebb8471-caed-4519-8049-1167e78b9cd9 http://xealcom.co.uk/pingback.aspx http://xealcom.co.uk/PermaLink,guid,3ebb8471-caed-4519-8049-1167e78b9cd9.aspx http://xealcom.co.uk/CommentView,guid,3ebb8471-caed-4519-8049-1167e78b9cd9.aspx http://xealcom.co.uk/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=3ebb8471-caed-4519-8049-1167e78b9cd9

I came across this problem when working with OLEDB provider in Visual Studio 2005. I use 64-bit OS which was the reason for the error.

Here's the error screen shot

JetProvRegErr

To resolve this issue, in project properties change "Platform Target" to "x86"

JetProvRegErrFix

The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine http://xealcom.co.uk/PermaLink,guid,3ebb8471-caed-4519-8049-1167e78b9cd9.aspx http://xealcom.co.uk/2008/08/12/TheMicrosoftJetOLEDB40ProviderIsNotRegisteredOnTheLocalMachine.aspx Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:53:12 GMT <p> I came across this problem when working with OLEDB provider in Visual Studio 2005. I use 64-bit OS which was the reason for the error. </p> <p> Here's the error screen shot </p> <p> <a href="http://xealcom.co.uk/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/The.0providerisnotregisteredonthelocalma_11A6D/JetProvRegErr_4.gif"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="238" alt="JetProvRegErr" src="http://xealcom.co.uk/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/The.0providerisnotregisteredonthelocalma_11A6D/JetProvRegErr_thumb_1.gif" width="409" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> To resolve this issue, in project properties change &quot;Platform Target&quot; to &quot;x86&quot; </p> <p> <a href="http://xealcom.co.uk/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/The.0providerisnotregisteredonthelocalma_11A6D/JetProvRegErrFix_2.gif"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="65" alt="JetProvRegErrFix" src="http://xealcom.co.uk/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/The.0providerisnotregisteredonthelocalma_11A6D/JetProvRegErrFix_thumb.gif" width="131" border="0" /></a> </p> http://xealcom.co.uk/CommentView,guid,3ebb8471-caed-4519-8049-1167e78b9cd9.aspx ADO.Net