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What is the Windows registry location for data sources?

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Title	What is the Windows registry location for data sources?

URL Name	What-is-the-Windows-registry-location-for-data-sources

Article Number	000153633

Environment	Product: Connect for ODBC and Progress DataDirect for ODBC (All drivers) Version: All supported versions OS: Windows Database: All supported databases Application: All supported applications

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What is the Windows registry location for data sources?

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The registry locations of Windows data souces are listed below.

Windows 32 bit drivers:
User DSN - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ODBC\ODBC.INI
System DSN - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ODBC\ODBC.INI

Windows 64 bit drivers:
User DSN - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI
System DSN - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI

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Last Modified Date	1/27/2020 3:25 PM

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