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That's really old stuff. With VS6 i already used MDAC 2.8 10 years ago, and that is part of all OS since (at least) Vista now. I would hence just try if DAO works.<br />
MDACs prior to 2.8 are no longer downloadable.
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That's really old stuff. With VS6 i already used MDAC 2.8 10 years ago, and that is part of all OS since (at least) Vista now. I would hence just try if DAO works.
MDACs prior to 2.8 are no longer downloadable.

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Thanks, pcelba, that was very helpful.
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Hi Experts,<br />
<br />
I've got some applications written in VB6 that use DAO/MDAC.<br />
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I've just updated from DAO 3.5 to 3.6.<br />
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The Microsoft article, <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/233002" rel="ugc nofollow">How To &nbsp;Redistribute DAO 3.6</a>, says (in part): &nbsp; <br />
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Install Jet 4.0, which is installed as part of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.1 or 2.5, but is not included in MDAC 2.6.<br />
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So I'm trying to find MDAC 2.5, but it doesn't show up in Searches on <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/result.aspx?q=downloads&form=dlc#downloads" rel="ugc">Microsoft Downloads</a>. &nbsp;<br />
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Regards,<br />
Leigh
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Hi Experts,

I've got some applications written in VB6 that use DAO/MDAC.

I've just updated from DAO 3.5 to 3.6.

The Microsoft article, How To  Redistribute DAO 3.6 (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/233002), says (in part):   

Install Jet 4.0, which is installed as part of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.1 or 2.5, but is not included in MDAC 2.6.

So I'm trying to find MDAC 2.5, but it doesn't show up in Searches on Microsoft Downloads (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/result.aspx?q=downloads&form=dlc#downloads).  

Regards,
Leigh

Where to download MDAC 2.5 for use with VB6 and DAO 3.6

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