ExecutionEngineException or AccessViolationException (CLR 2.0) when debugging a program that uses System.Data.OleDb #553

using System;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.IO;

namespace Test
{
    class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

            OleDbConnection connection = null;
            string path = Path.Combine( Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location),  "Datenbank1.accdb");
            try {
                connection = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Mode=16;Data Source=" + path + ";Persist Security Info=False");
                connection.Open(); // Exception thrown here
            } finally {
                if ( connection != null )
                    connection.Close();
            }

            Console.Write("Press any key to continue . . . ");
            Console.ReadKey(true);
        }
    }
}

System.ExecutionEngineException

Cannot intercept exception. Debugged program can not be continued and properties can not be evaluated.

   at System.Data.Common.ADP.IsSysTxEqualSysEsTransaction
   at System.Data.Common.ADP.NeedManualEnlistment
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open
   at Test.Program.Main in b:\Projects\Test\Test\Program.cs:line 35