Cannot debug or run Word AddIn because the required version of Microsoft Office is not installed

Question

I need to work on an existing Word 2007 addIn project that\'s a part of a MSVS 2008 solution. However, when I try to debug the addIn, I get the following error message: &quo

Answer 1

For the benefit of searchers, I hit this error in Visual Studio despite referencing the correct version in the section mentioned by @sdds.

For me the fix was:

1. Go to the project properties in visual studio
2. Go to the 'Debug' tab
3. Click the 'Start External Program' radiobutton
4. Enter the path to the Office Application e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\winword.exe
5. Run the project.