The OLE DB provider “Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0” for linked server “(null)”

Question

I\'m trying to run the following statement but am receiving the error messages just below. I have researched answers to no end and none have worked for me. I\'m running Of

Answer 1

I had the same issues even after running all those EXEC stored procedure commands that you see on every answer/blog, but when I ran SSMS as administrator, the problems went away. Since, I didn't want to do that, I opened Services, went to SQL Server (MyServer), right clicked, selected properties. On the Log On tab, "This account:" was selected with and listed my SQL Server account/password. I instead checked "Local System account" and ticked the "Allow service to interact with desktop". Then I stopped and started the service. Now, I can run the same query as the original poster mentions without running as administrator in SSMS. This probably worked because I am running SQL Server on my home desktop.

I'd also like to point out that you can use GUI in SSMS to enable adhoc access (and many other options). In SSMS, go to Linked Servers>Providers, right click on the provider, and select properties. Then you can just check/uncheck the ones you want.