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title: "Files to Use with the Desktop Database Drivers | Microsoft Docs"
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# Files to Use with the Desktop Database Drivers
The ODBC Desktop Database Drivers are used with the Microsoft Jet Database Engine, the installable ISAM files, and Microsoft ODBC files. Not all are required for the redistribution of the product, and not all are core components.  
  
|For information about|See|  
|---------------------------|---------|  
|Files used by each Desktop Database Driver|ODBC Driver Files|  
|Microsoft Jet files used by each Desktop Database Driver|Microsoft Jet Files|  
|IISAM driver files that provide data access between Microsoft Jet and the other DBMS|Installable ISAM Driver Files|