Connecting To An Access Database From VB 2008 Express Edition

Microsoft Access 2007 A Students.mdb database file Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. I was informed that one can connect to Access files with ease from the Express Edition and most of the tutorials on the internet also show this however I am encountering a problem.

I open Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Start a new project, with a form, and then click on the Data window, and add new data sources from the Data menu.

I click on database. The problem starts with the data connection. I click New Connection Change the Data Source from Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 to Microsoft Access Database File and instead of then leading back to the other window (as happens on the tutorials for me to browse for the mdb file). Another window pops up asking me to Add a Connection.

It has the data source listed as Access and asks for a Connection String under the misc section. I type in

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When I click on Ok I get this error: Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0.

The Test connection button works and says connection success whether the Connection String field is empty or not but when I click OK it still gives me the same error. So I can't leave it blank either

So basically I can't connect to the Access database since I can't change the connection type and it won't just let me browse and add the file anyway.