it is 2003 excel file. yes i gave without quotes.

Later, i tried by renaming the excel file from xls to xlsx but i am getting the error as "Could not...

I tried it. i have oledb connection with the provider (native oledb\microsoft jet 4.0 oledb provider). i have mentioned the complete path of the xls file. but i am getting...

Could you please elaborate the steps?. I am sorry for the trouble..i am not able to follow it...

Thanks for the replies. I will make the changes in the registry and try it. Hopefully my admin will allow it:-)