Access database Archive

The ‘Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0’ provider is not registered on the local machine exception

I got this exception when setting up an old website on a new 64-bit Windows Server. The system was using an old Access database for keeping statistics information, which did not seem to like the new environment. As I did not have Microsoft Office installed on the server I had to download the 2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components from the Microsoft website. After …