OleDbConnection gets “External component has thrown an exception.”

Question

I\' m using a Windows Forms application to export data to excel.

Application is built both x64 and x86.

So both version of Microsoft Access Databse Engine mu

Answer 1

I have both 64 and 32 bit versions, and I had the same problem. I just went to the properties of the project and in the tab Build, I uncheck the box that says Prefer 32-bit.