Building a c++ windows form application with database

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Here is the environment that I have
Windows 7 (64 bit)
Visual Studio 2005
MS Access 2010 (64 bit)

I have to create a simple form application that connects to an MS access database and exchange data. I am struggling to establish the connection and have explored many resources online.
Here is the code that I am using:

System::String^ connectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\Astute Database\db_retailpro.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;";

System::Data::OleDb::OleDbConnection^ connection = gcnew System::Data::OleDb::OleDbConnection(connectionString);

try
{
    connection->Open();
    Console::WriteLine("DataSource: {0} \nDatabase: {1}", connection->DataSource, connection->Database);
}
catch (Exception^ ex)
{
    Console::WriteLine(ex->Message);
}

This is throwing the following exception:
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Data.dll

Somebody please advise what could be the problem?

An update on this. Now I have found that the message in the catch block says "The 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine."
What now?