I have the following code :
string excelConnectionString = @\"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=C:\\db\\suc.xls; Extended Properties=\"\"Excel 1
There's no 64 bit version of the Jet OLEDB drivers, so if you are running this on a 64 bit OS you might need to target x86 in your .NET application and not Any CPU:
x86
Any CPU