Getting the error “The 'VFPOLEDB.1' provider is not registered on the local machine” even after installing and registering the provider

Question

Alright, so I\'ve got a Windows service that has a FileSystemWatcher that watches an output folder for some Visual FoxPro database files. And it leverages the <

Answer 1

I have desktop app (Win7 x64 VS 2015) - and kept getting the same error no matter what. I changed platform target to x86, installed MSI as admin etc - did everything I could google - and no luck. What helped me is to install MSI for Everyone instead of Just me - one of the last wizard's screen in the setup.