Help! GameEx Error upon startup

[dcsipe]

I'm getting the following error message when I start up GameEx. This is the first time I've used GameEx, and am trying to get my computer setup for the arcade I am building. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Error: The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine.

at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbServicesWrapper.GetDataSource(OleDbConnectionString constr, DataSourceWrapper& datasrcWrapper)

at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal..ctor(OleDbConnectionString constr, OleDbConnection connection)

at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject)

at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreateNonPooledConnection(DbConnect

on owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup)

at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection)

at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory)

at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open()

at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.ig(Boolean reinit, String ctheme, Boolean nohideos)

at GameEx.GameEx.mainform..ctor()

GameEx is exiting with errors

[Adultery]

Hi!

Did you do a minimal Windows install? It sounds like you didn't install the DB app when you installed Windows...

[dcsipe]

Hi!

Did you do a minimal Windows install? It sounds like you didn't install the DB app when you installed Windows...

I did do a minimal install, I installed the TinyXP .iso that eXPerience created. Any tips on how I can get the DB app installed, or will I need to do a re-install of the full version of Windows?

[bkenobi]

There's another thread or two discussing TinyXP, but basically it comes down to missing components. That version doesn't have all the required components that GameEx needs to work. The other threads don't discuss how to make TinyXP work. The conclusion is basically to install standard XP and disable features that are not needed (if necessary).