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UUF: How do I use an Access database?

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Description

### Type of issue

Typo

### Description

User gets an error trying to add an access db as a data source. Was forwarded to this page but it doesn't solve the problem. How common is Access now? Should we cover it? @KlausLoeffelmann

Original feedback:

> When attempting to connect to an Access database from a new Windows Forms application using "view", "Other Windows" "Data Sources", I encountered "window not supported for the selected project" and a link to this page (https://aka.ms/WinForms/DataBinding). This page provides no instruction as to what I must do at this point. How do I enable my project to use visual basic code to view an Access file?

### Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/winforms/data/overview?view=netdesktop-9.0

### Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs-desktop/blob/main/dotnet-desktop-guide/net/winforms/data/overview.md

### Document Version Independent Id

440eec15-ef37-ce54-7dd3-be324af13442

### Article author

@adegeo

### Metadata

* ID: ef9ce951-912d-0d11-dec1-b233654a62ff
* Service: **dotnet-desktop**
* Sub-service: **winforms**

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