Cannot find Microsoft.Office.Interop in Visual Studio 2017 express edition

Asked May 09 '22 at 11:39

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While developing a software in visual studio 2017 all microsoft related references are not working. i am trying to add references through Right_click on references -> Assemblies. but no office related references are not found there.

Later i tried with nuget package manage controller to install required office packages that is also not working. I am getting the following errors, Please help me out.Errors list

asked May 09 '22 at 11:39

Venkatesh. M

If I remember correctly, you need to add the *COM reference* to the Office product that you want to work with, which then causes Visual Studio to automatically add the matching Office interop assembly. But it's been a while since I last needed this, so I'm not sure. – Heinzi May 09 '22 at 11:49
How to add COM reference to office product – Venkatesh. M May 09 '22 at 12:19
The Add Reference window has a "COM" tab. – Heinzi May 09 '22 at 12:54
There i am not able to find any references related to Microsoft office – Venkatesh. M May 10 '22 at 08:47
Which version of Office do you have installed on your PC? – Heinzi May 10 '22 at 09:10
Microsoft Office 365 Business – Venkatesh. M May 10 '22 at 11:51
Should be there. Which Office application (Word, Excel, ...) do you want to automate? – Heinzi May 10 '22 at 12:12
Excel and outlook – Venkatesh. M May 11 '22 at 03:58
Do you see an entry starting with "Microsoft Excel" in the Add References/COM list? – Heinzi May 11 '22 at 04:58
no i am not able to find. any how i had solved that issue by adding the packages through nuget package manager. Now i am facing other problem that is if i try to build the solution it is showing 0 errors and build is failed – Venkatesh. M May 11 '22 at 06:31
It should be there. If it isn't, something might be wrong with your Office installation. Maybe try repairing it. – Heinzi May 11 '22 at 07:17
I had repaired it. – Venkatesh. M May 11 '22 at 11:08
Then I'm out of ideas, sorry. It might be worth starting a new question on why the Office COM references don't show up even though Office is installed. – Heinzi May 11 '22 at 12:51

Cannot find Microsoft.Office.Interop in Visual Studio 2017 express edition

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