Why does windows update always disable AccessDatabaseEngine?

Question

I have a Windows 10 machine on which I installed AccessDatabaseEngine (needed for my work, to enable web apps to interact with Access databases.)  Every time Windows updates itself, it somehow corrupts or removes AccessDatabaseEngine, so I need to reinstall it.  It's a minor nuisance.  Is there any way to stop that from happening?

Answer 1

Hi CBH. I'm Greg, an Independent Advisor here to help until this is resolved.

There are major changes giving back control over Updates to the consumer which we have been advocating for and was announced by a top MS exec here:

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/201...

If you've had enough you can shut them off by this method which is the only stable way to turn off Updates for as long as you want:

https://www.howtogeek.com/226722/how-when-and-w... This way you can turn them back on long enough to Update when you have time to do this.

If you want to report this to Microsoft use the Feedback Hub app in Start Menu where developers are tasked to process consumer feedback. They will not even see it here. This is a tech forums staffed mostly by volunteers trying to help others with your problems.

If you want to post back a Share link from your Feedback here others who see this thread can vote it up and add to it.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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