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Asked: 2026-06-15T07:55:37+00:00

I’m trying to run my application on a server which does not and will

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I’m trying to run my application on a server which does not and will not have Office installed on it. 

using EXCEL = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
...
EXCEL.Application app = new EXCEL.Application();//Exception thrown here

The code is working fine on my own system, but on the server it gives the following exception:

Unhandled Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: 
Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {...} failed
due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)).

both systems are 32bits, and I’ve copied the excel Interop dll next to application’s exe. I’ve also installed O2010PIA.

any lead?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The Office Interop assemblies are runtime-callable wrappers (RCW) that allow you to interoperate with a copy of Office that’s installed on the system via the COM API that it exposes.

    The error message indicates that Excel isn’t installed, exactly what I’d expect. You can’t use the Interop assemblies on a machine without Office.

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