title: Proper Oracle ODBC Driver Installation on 32 bit Windows 7
body: <p>I am using an Excel VBA application to connect to an Oracle 12c database.<br>
  Excel is 2010, 32 bit, in Windows 7.</p>
  
  <p>Many have advised Oracle Instant Client, but this has not worked for me.  The installation requires a number of configuration steps that I cannot perform due to administrative restrictions on my workstation.</p>
  
  <p>However, I have installed the ODAC 12.2c Release 1 and Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio (12.2.0.1.0), available <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/utilsoft-086879.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HERE</a>.  This package includes the Oracle ODBC driver which works for my application.  However, it contains several other components that I do not need, and throws some errors during installation that are disconcerting.  </p>
  
  <p>Can anyone tell me which of the following components I actually need to select in order to get the ODBC Driver?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/D2o4e.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/D2o4e.png" alt="ODAC Options"></a></p>
  
  <p>Since I cannot get InstantClient to work with my companies restrictions, I'm now aiming to use this package, but hopefully to slim it down to just the component I need.  I'm doing trial and error, but it's messy.  The installation takes a long time and there's no uninstaller, so I have to manually delete the files after installation.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help you can provide!</p>