ODBC Setup Problem

I am sorry if this has been asked previously.
I have Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit, which is an upgrade from Vista Business 64 bit.
I have the following problem when trying to install an ODBC connection (*mdb).
When I run odbcad32.exe, from the SysWOW64 directory, and try to install the 32 bit MS Access Driver, I get the following fault message:
"The setup routines for the Microsoft Access Driver (*mdb) ODBC driver could not be found. Please reinstall the driver"
And then "Component not found in the registry".
Obviously something is missing. I have looked at the ODBC entries in the registry but they are empty. Can anyone advise me on how to resolve this problem.
Any help appreciated.

kegobeer said:

Try re-registering odbcconf.dll. Open an elevated command prompt and type:

Code:

regsvr32 odbcconf.dll

Thanks for the reply.
I tried this suggestion and received an error message "The specified module could not be found" even though the file is in the directory C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcconfig.dll.

I typed in the command "regsvr32 c:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcconfig.dll"

Capt.Jack Sparrow said:

Eisbahn said:

Thanks for the reply.
I tried this suggestion and received an error message "The specified module could not be found" even though the file is in the directory C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcconfig.dll.

I typed in the command "regsvr32 c:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcconfig.dll"

Hello Welcome to SF,

I guess since the MS Access driver is missing the best bet would be to reinstall Office that might fix it.

Hope this helps,
Captain

Thanks for the suggestion but I don't have MS Office.
I just need to use the driver to connect to a mdb database in Flight Simulator X.

kegobeer said:

Eisbahn said:

kegobeer said:

Try re-registering odbcconf.dll. Open an elevated command prompt and type:

Code:

regsvr32 odbcconf.dll

Thanks for the reply.
I tried this suggestion and received an error message "The specified module could not be found" even though the file is in the directory C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcconfig.dll.

I typed in the command "regsvr32 c:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcconfig.dll"

The file is odbcconf.dll, not obdcconfig.dll. If it doesn't exist, then you need to download and install Microsoft Data Access Components.

If this is for a game, I suggest asking for some assistance at the game's website/forum. Hopefully someone else has had this problem and knows exactly how to fix it.

I have already tried all the forums, including the forum for the addon in question.
Judging by the number of posts on the web this is a very well known problem.
However, nobody seems to have an answer. Apart from a complete clean reinstall of the complete OS, i.e not from an upgrade disk, which is what I have.

kegobeer said:

Did you download and install MDAC?

As far as I can see there is no MDAC download for Windows 7 64 bit.
The components are part of the OS. The Vista MDAC does not work.