INF: ODBC Desktop Driver Pack 2.0 Does Not Install ODBCADM

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The Microsoft Desktop Drivers are based on the Jet Database Engine, which requires a large stack space. Microsoft Knowledge Base article ID 127898, titled "BUG: Err Msg: Control Caused Stack Fault in Module XBS200.DLL," mentions that when ODBC Administrator runs the Win16 Control Panel, it cannot acquire enough stack space to run the Desktop Drivers.

The Desktop Drivers can be administered if you create a program icon for ODBCADM.EXE in any of their program groups, and run the ODBC Administrator from that program group. The executable for the Win16 ODBC Administrator is ODBCADM.EXE (therefore users should create an icon referencing ODBCADM.EXE).

The ODBC Desktop Driver 2.0 Pack does not install ODBCADM.EXE, even though it is include on the disks. If you make the following changes to the ODBCJT.INF file on Disk 1 of the Driver Pack, you can then install ODBCADM.EXE. Find the section in ODBCJT.INF that reads the following:

[ODBCAdministrator]<BR/>
   "Windows00" = 3, odbcadm.exe,,,, 1994-11-18,,,,,,,,,, 6496,,,,2.0.15.10,
				

Remove the [ODBCAdministrator] section header and move the following line to the last line in the [ODBC] section:

"Windows00" = 3, odbcadm.exe,,,, 1994-11-18,,,,,,,,,, 6496,,,,2.0.15.10,
				

The [ODBC] section now reads as follows:

   [ODBC]
   "Help" = 1, odbcinst.hlp,,,, 1994-11-18,,,,,,,,,,17412,,,,,
   "CPanel" = 1, odbcinst.dll,,,, 1994-11-18,,,,,,,,,, 86800,,,,2.0.15.10,

   "Ctl3d" = 3, ctl3dv2.dll,,,, 1994-11-18,,,,,,,,, SHARED,
    21648,,,,2.0.5.0,
   "Windows00" = 3, odbcadm.exe,,,, 1994-11-18,,,,,,,,,, 6496,,,,
    2.0.15.10,
				

Once these changes have been made to the ODBCJT.INF file on Disk 1, ODBCADM.EXE can be installed into the \Windows directory during the setup process. You can then add an icon for ODBCADM.EXE in any program group.