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    How does one get the Microsoft Word 16.0 Object Library viewable in Visual Studio '19's Reference Manager?  I have uninstalled and reinstalled Microsoft 365 products.  I have double checked in Excel's VBA IDE and the reference library I am looking for is there and easily available.  I have tried also loading in the MSWord.OLB file (the same one in Excel's VBA IDE), but Visual Stuido won't allow me to enable that reference.

    How do I fix this as trying to load the MSWord.OLB file gives the following response:

    "A reference to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSWORD.OLB' could not be added.  Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component"


    Wednesday, September 2, 2020 4:02 AM

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    MSWORD.OLB is the right file

    If I add with VS 2019 :

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSWORD.OLB"

    it adds 

    Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

    Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:24 AM
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    I appreciate your reply but as I stated, I cannot check MSWord.olb.  I get the error message below.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled Office products multiple times.  I have looked into multiple tutorials and no one has the same issue that's stated below.  I am not sure what the problem is.  Could it that I have the 64-bit version of Office installed?

    "A reference to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSWORD.OLB' could not be added.  Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component"

    I apologize, I should have included the above in the first post.  Editing it to include now.

    Thursday, September 3, 2020 12:40 AM
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    Friday, September 4, 2020 9:32 AM