# MS Access database connection with Ignition 7.8

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**Created:** [February 23, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ms-access-database-connection-with-ignition-7-8/11256 "2016-02-23T13:48:05Z")\
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You may have to set up a mapped drive before you can get this working. [This thread](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-write-to-a-network-location/7361) covers how to make changes to the ignition.conf file to map a drive that the gateway has access to.

Once you’ve done that you can start trying different paths that use the mapped drive.

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