Does installing the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable require administrative privileges?

Question

We're working on a new WPF but using Office 2010 for reading Excel spreadsheets. And I've been told by the developer who worked on the module that reads Excel files that it must install Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable. I've got two concerns about this:

• We use ClickOnce deployment. I've no idea at all how to run an executable on a user's machine for ClickOnce deployment to include Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable
• Does Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable require administrative privileges to install?

Answer 1

Hi @Rod At Work

• Issues related to ClickOnce deployment is out of the scope, I find an article "ClickOnce security and deployment", you may have a check.
• I do not have the test environment to check if Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable requires administrative privileges to install.
  From the perspective of Office, generally, it's recommended to acquire administrative privileges before installing some software in your computer.

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