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Reputation: 259

VS2005 - Unable to add reference to Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (Office 2010)

Running WinXP SP3, Visual Studios 2005, .NET 2.0. Recently upgraded machine from Office 2007 to Office 2010 sp1.

I had a project that referenced Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word and when I reopened it the reference was not found. I've checked the Office install CD and ".NET Programmability Support" is selected as installed. If I go to C:\Windows\assembly I see Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Version 14.0.0.0 installed on the list.

When I go to Add Reference .NET tab, the only Office references I see are Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.

I can go to the COM tab and add Microsoft Office 14.0 Object Library to get the reference to Microsoft.Office.Core. However I have been unable to find a way to reference the Interop assembly.

Doing a file search on my machine for Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll also finds no matches.

I've repaired the Office install and still no luck. I also tried to install the PIAs directly, same behavior.

Could this be an issue with trying to use Office 2010's interop assembly with VS2005? I saw online that the directory the dll is found in is usually under Program Files\Visual Studios 10.

Any thoughts on what step I'm missing?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5460

Answers (1)

Mike Mozhaev
Mike Mozhaev

Reputation: 2440

You can install Office 2010 PIA separately. Installer can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=3508

Upvotes: 1

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