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Unable to connect excel as DB

  • November 10, 2025
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I am unable to connect excel as DB, getting this error “Could not Connect to Database. Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed.”. I have used connection string as “Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\Users\msour\Documents\Book1.xlsx;Extended Properties="Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES";” connection mode “Default”. and Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 64 bit i have installed. when i am going to download 32 bit I am getting error my system already has office 2024 64 bit version so i can't download 32-bit database engine. and 2010 database engine is not found in Microsoft site. anyone can please help me in this issue. Thanks in Advance.

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Aaron.Gleason
Automation Anywhere Team
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  • November 10, 2025

@msourav Try this thread.

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