OraOLEDB.Oracle provider is not registered on the local machine

Question

I just migrated from XP to Win 7. I am guessing this error has to do with switching operating systems. I wrote a .net application that basically massages a large amount of d

Answer 1

I had the same issue after installing the 64 bit Oracle client on Windows 7 64 bit. The solution that worked for me:

1. Open a command prompt in administrator mode
2. cd \oracle\product\11.2.0\client_64\BIN
3. c:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe OraOLEDB11.dll