Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider. It may not be installed. - when following mvc3 asp.net tutorial

Question

I am following the ASP.NET MVC 3 Music store application tutorial but I keep getting stuck in part 4: http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-music-store-part-4. It keeps telli

Answer 1

This error is mainly due to processor architecture incompatibility with Framework installed ei x86 vs x64 The solution: Go to solution explorer>project properties>Compile tab>Advanced Compile Options There you have to change Target CPU from X64 to X86 Save new setting and recompile your solution. I tried it and it worked very fine. Hope this will help you out. Malek