a Reference to 'Microsoft Windows Installer Object Library' could not be added

Question

I'm unable to add reference to 'Microsoft Windows Installer Object Library' with VS2012. Any ideas, what could cause this issue?

When I try to create reference to the COM component, I get this error message "a reference to 'Microsoft Windows Installer Object Library' could not be added".

The VS project is basic class library (c# x86).

Answer 1

In Visual Studio go to References > Add Reference... > COM > Browse... > %WINDIR%\system32\msi.dll.

Worked for me on VS2012.