Download Course Packet
Start exploring your IT career with our syllabus and convenient payment options
finally # Cleanup: remove downloaded installer if (Test-Path $tempPath) Remove-Item $tempPath -Force Write-Host "Cleaned up temporary installer." -ForegroundColor Gray
Write-Host "Installing Access Database Engine silently (this may take a minute)..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
try $process = Start-Process -FilePath $tempPath -ArgumentList $installArgs -Wait -PassThru -NoNewWindow
else Out-File -FilePath $logFile -Append exit $process.ExitCode
if ($process.ExitCode -eq 0) Out-File -FilePath $logFile -Append
return $false Write-Host "Checking if Access Database Engine is already installed..." -ForegroundColor Cyan if (Test-ACEDriverInstalled) Write-Host "Access Database Engine appears to be already installed. Skipping installation." -ForegroundColor Green exit 0
# Alternative: check for ACE OLEDB provider in registry $providers = @( "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\3BE786A0-0366-4F5C-8FB6-95A30E2BDB44" # ACE 12.0 "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\3BE786A0-0366-4F5C-8FB6-95A30E2BDB45" # ACE 16.0 (2016) "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Classes\CLSID\3BE786A0-0366-4F5C-8FB6-95A30E2BDB44" "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Classes\CLSID\3BE786A0-0366-4F5C-8FB6-95A30E2BDB45" )
