At my work we have Windows 10 and we use ODBC to connect to databases from SPSS, Rstudio and other apps. Recently we added a new registry entry to register a new database connection: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\MYDATABASE123] "Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\SQLSRV32.dll" "Description"="MYDATABASE123" "Server"="lab_prod.db.mydomain.com" "Trusted_Connection"="Yes" And after I add this using a .reg file, I can connect to the database using the ODBC source `MYDATABASE123`, so this all works fine. However, when I open either the `ODBC Data Sources (64-bit)` or `ODBC Data Sources (32-bit)` from the startmenu, I don't see this entry anywhere, not on the "User DNS" tab or on the "System DNS" tab or any other tab. [![enter image description here][1]][1] I noticed that another (older) entry under `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ODBC` is visible, so I tried adding my new entry also at that same place in the registry, but then it's still not visible in the ODBC Data Sources. So I've added both: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\MYDATABASE123 Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\MYDATABASE123 [![enter image description here][2]][2] So my question is * why is it that this ODBC connection is active (I can infact use it) but not visible in the ODBC Data Sources? * Do I have to add the ODBC data source at some other place? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/5VG05.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/YzDBf.png