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Microsoft access database engine 2016 download 64 bit rendering Access unopenable
Hello everyone,
I have a problem where I downloaded Microsoft access database engine 2016 64 bit which rendered Microsoft Access unopenable. I have the slow Insider build. Does anyone have a solution? The download is necessary for an operation in another program.
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I assume that you also have a different version of Access installed on this computer, and that you only downloaded the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable ?
What is that other version of Access? When you say you can't open it, do you mean that the Access application ITSELF fails to open? What does happen when you try?
George_Hepworth That's correct, I downloaded https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54920 The Access version is Microsoft Access for Office 365 MSO 32-bit. The application itself fails to open. When the database engine is installed the following error message appears:
