the file %CommonDir%\publish.tlb could not be loaded

Question

Every time I install and try to launch Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. I get the following popup with the following message:

the file %CommonDir%\publish.tlb could not be loaded. An attempt to repair this condition failed because the file could not be found. Please re-install the program.

I have tried re-installing it a number of times but I still the message above. I have researching it but I can't seem to find anything. Does anyone have an idea, how this issue could be fixed?

Answer 1

Please run this command from the command prompt by typing windows+R key:

devenv /resetuserdata

The problem should get fixed.