Added MS Excel 16.0 Object Library but Error says Version=15.0.0.0

Question

Hi All,

New bee asking the question after one day's searching on line.

Visual Studio 2019 Community. Windows 365 version 16.0.12827.20328

Added the reference "Microsoft Excel 16.0 Object Library", Version 1.9.

Used the code "Application excel = new Application();"

Then got error below:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not load file or assembly 'office, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'. The system cannot find the file specified.'

I donot understand why the error is saying something like "version 15.0.0.0 is not found" when I specified a version 16.0 when adding the reference.

Could anyone tell me if I'm after the wrong clue?

It would be even better if you can point me to the solution.

Many thanks!

VkS

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Thanks, DSPatrick!

I will post my questions there.

Cheers!