>ok so far so good. Now why doesnt right click desktop produce a New\Microsoft Data Link from the pop up menu? I'm trying to follow JVP's ADO white papters
>Thanks
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>>>Went to www.microsoft.com/data and I cant tell which is latest version. They
>>>go so much crap there. Any help? TIA I run 98SE and 2K Prof.
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>>MDAC 2.6 Release is the latest version. 2.5 shipped with Windows 2000 Professional.
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>>2.6 does not include the VFP ODBC drivers, so if 98SE doesn't have them, install MDAC 2.5 before 2.6
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>>2.1 breaks anything that relies on the Microsoft FoxPro Driver (as opposed to the VFP driver).
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>>HTH!

Because VS SP4 (or just the MDAC 2.6 component) removes it from the menu.
I don't remember if there's a way to restore it (I'll look around), but in the meantime you can create a new Text file on the desktop, rename the extension to .UDL, and then right-click on it and pick properties - it'll behave the same as Data Link created from the old menu did.