Choosing drivers for Microsoft Access compatibility

Nowadays, Microsoft Office doesn’t come with built-in drivers, requiring you to install them before you can exchange data with Micromine.

In this document we treat Office 365 subscription and standalone Office 2016 as the same product. In addition, because the 32-bit version of Office is installed by default, we focus on that version:

64-bit Micromine with 32-bit Access

This is the most common configuration:.

  1. Download the Access 2010 64-bit redistributable (dated July 1, 2016)
  2. Choose AccessDatabaseEngine_X64.exe
  3. Install it via a command prompt with the /passive flag, e.g.:

    4. CD c:/<downloaded location>
AccessDatabaseEngine_x64.exe /passive

64-bit Micromine with 64-bit Access

If the architectures match, simply install the drivers for your Office architecture and version (e.g. 64-bit office 2016).

Caution: Be careful: applying the wrong architecture to your existing Office version may destroy it! Please contact your local MICROMINE support office if you need help with these configurations.