VS 2012.3 Referencing MS Access COM DLL, could not resolve COM reference error

Question

I created a new Console project in VS2012.3 (32bit exe) and added a COM Type Library reference to Microsoft Access (I tried both 2003 and 2007). The \"Microsoft Access\" re

Answer 1

Problem Solved: I found the solution here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823996.
All I had to do was open the "Developer Command Prompt for VS2012", navigate down to the GAC's ADODB folder, then run regasm.exe ADODB.dll. That fixed the entire problem.

Problem solved:

Answer 2

Windows 8.1 comes with the latest .NET 4.5.1 runtime. First, try installing .NET 3.5 (which includes .NET 2.0/3.0 and is not there by default). You can do that via Control Panel/Turn Windows Feartures on and off.

Further, the {4AFFC9A0-5F99-101B-AF4E-00AA003F0F07} GUID suggests you're using Office 2010. The corresponding type library should be found here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\MSACC.OLB

Try opening it with OleView and see if there's any error.

The next step would be check if the primary interop assembly (PIA) for Access, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Access.dll, has been correctly installed. It should be found under:

C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Access\

Finally, you can try repairing your Office 2010 installation (which should re-register the type library), re-install Office 2010 PIAs, and finally install the latest VSTO Runtime (apparently, that link is still the latest for VS2013).