Word and Excel loads version 1.1 of the CLR instead of 2.0 (Beta2 -> RTM issue)

[Jim Meyer]

We are in the process of migrating from Beta 2 to the RTM version of
Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework. After the RTM version has
been installed, Word and Excel no longer load the 2.0 framework for our
C# addin, but instead version 1.1. For some unknown reason PowerPoint
still loads 2.0 correctly?!

I've tested on machines with VS2005 RTM and on machines with the runtime
only. The problem occurs for Office 2003 running on Windows XP SP2.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/cpgenref/html/gngrfrequiredruntime.asp
mentions a requiredRuntime element which can specify that excel or word
should load v2.0 of the CLR, but adding the excel.exe.config and
word.exe.config to the office folder seems to be a quick-fix until some
overwrites these files.

 

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi Jim,

I have added a reply to you in microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.clr
newsgroup, please check it there. Thanks

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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