Pescadore
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Solution:
That's it! Thanks Arjun Paudel for the link. Here's the solution as found on XNA Creator's Club Online. It's by Stephen Styrchak.
The following erorr:
The 'Microsoft .ACE.OELDB.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine
suggests me to believe that you are compiling for 64bit
I dont have express edition but are following steps valid in 2008 express?
AnyCPU vs x86 running on x64 - XNA Community Forums
Datagridview does not show data at run time in VB Express 2008 in Windows 7
Arjun Paudel
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In VC# Express, this property is missing, but you can still create an x86 configuration if you know where to look.
It looks like a long list of steps, but once you know where these things are it's a lot easier. Anyone who only has VC# Express will probably find this useful. Once you know about Configuration Manager, it'll be much more intuitive the next time.
1.In VC# Express 2005, go to Tools -> Options.
2.In the bottom-left corner of the Options dialog, check the box that says, "Show all settings".
3.In the tree-view on the left hand side, select "Projects and Solutions".
4.In the options on the right, check the box that says, "Show advanced build configuraions."
5.Click OK.
6.Go to Build -> Configuration Manager...
7.In the Platform column next to your project, click the combobox and select "<New...>".
8.In the "New platform" setting, choose "x86".
9.Click OK.
10.Click Close.
There, now you have an x86 configuration! Easy as pie!
I also recommend using Configuration Manager to delete the Any CPU platform. You really don't want that if you ever have depedencies on 32-bit native DLLs (even indirect dependencies).
Stephen Styrchak | XNA Game Studio Developer
AnyCPU vs x86 running on x64 - XNA Community Forums
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