Overview

This article provides the steps to retrieve the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version.

Process

The version information is found in the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DataAccess\FullInstallVer

To check the registry and this particular key, follow these steps:

1. On the Start menu, click Run
2. In the Open text box, type the following command and then click OK.
   

   regedit

3. In the Navigation pane, drill-down to the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DataAccess
4. In the Details pane, look in the Name column for FullInstallVer and Version. Each of these keys will have corresponding version information in the Data column.
5. When finished, click Exit on the Registry menu to close Registry Editor

More information regarding this can be found on the Microsoft site "How to check for MDAC version."