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== Overview ==

ODBClink requires an Excel ribbon to be installed. This ribbon is required and provides advanced functionality to Excel.

On some machine, the ribbon may fail to load causes by various issues. The purpose of this article is to resolve this issues.

== Install the .net Framework 4.0 ==

The .net Framework 4.0 must be installed in order for the ribbon to run. 

[[Check your .Net Framework version]]

You can download it from the following link.

[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718]

== Update the Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime ==

Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime must be installed in order for the ribbon to run. You can download it from the following link.

[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48217 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48217]

== Configure Microsoft Visual Studio ClickOnce Trust Prompts ==

Microsoft Visual Studio ClickOnce Trust Prompts control whether code using the .net Framework can be launched or not. 

See [[Configure Microsoft Visual Studio ClickOnce Trust Prompts]] for more information.

== Related Topics ==

[[Troubleshooting Start-Up Problems]]

[[Category:Troubleshooting]]