SSIS Visual Studio Community 2017 Error opening file

Question

Using:

• SQL Server Management Studio 18
• Visual Studio Community 2017

When attempting to open a file in Visual Studio but fails at creating project (action) with the following error message:

 

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Value does not fall within the expected range. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS)

 

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Program Location:

 

   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Interop.ProjectInterop.ReferencePackage(Package package, String packageLocation)

   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.PackageItem.Load(IDTSEvents events)

   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.PackageItem.get_Package()

   at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.ImportProjectWizard.ImportProjectWizardTask.<>c__DisplayClass19_0.<ImportProject>b__1()

   at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.ImportProjectWizard.ImportProjectWizardTask.PerformStep(ActionName currentAction, StepCallback callback)

   at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.ImportProjectWizard.ImportProjectWizardTask.ImportProject()

   at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.ImportProjectWizard.ImportProjectPage.OnSetActive()