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Asked: 2026-05-31T19:47:13+00:00

I have copied a project from my old XP machine to my new Win7

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I have copied a project from my old XP machine to my new Win7 machine. It’s a console app targeting the .net 2.0 framework. It uses a reporting tool called Active Reports. Active Reports has a series of dlls in the Program Files directory that are referenced in the project. When the project is run I get the error 

Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\PROJECTPATH\bin\Debug\ActiveReports.Interop.Dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

There is no need for this dll to be in the bin and when I copy it there the project doesn’t even build.

Why is VS expecting the dll to be in the bin?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It looks like the build of Active Reports I was using (4.2.1.1238) wasn’t compatible with Win7. I re-installed Active Reports with a newer build (4.2.1.1261) and I’m no longer getting the error.

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