I had almost the same error 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: Opening Database Connection 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: --**-- 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: Error: The SELECT statement includes a reserved word or an argument name that is misspelled or missing, or the punctuation is incorrect. 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextForSingleResult(tagDBPARAMS dbParams, Object& executeResult) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandText(Object& executeResult) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommand(CommandBehavior behavior, Object& executeResult) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReaderInternal(CommandBehavior behavior, String method) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.System.Data.IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehav or behavior) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal(DataSet dataset, DataTable[] datatables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable[] dataTables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable dataTable) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at j.o() 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at l.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: at l..ctor() 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: Closing database connection 23:20:30.3 13.4.2008: GameEx is exiting with errors 23:20:31.3 13.4.2008: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING When I tried to open the data.mdb in Access it complained about "Workgroup Administrator couldn't create the workgroup information file. Make sure you have specified a valid path and file name, that you have adequate permissions to create the file, and you have enough disk space on the destination drive. (-3100)" And here is the fix: regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\msjtes40.dll See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317708