Customization assembly error in Excel

[jason_cuteboy]

Hi all,

Completely new to Vb.net and trying to create a simple VB Office Excel
application/spreadsheet. When I built the project, and excel opens up
an error comes up.... Customization assembly could not be found or
loaded?

File or assembly name
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime, or one of its
dependencies, was not found.
************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime, or one of its
dependencies, was not found.
File name: "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime "
at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String
codeBase, Boolean isStringized, Evidence assemblySecurity, Boolean
throwOnFileNotFound, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyNa me assemblyRef,
Boolean stringized, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark&
stackMark)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString,
Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.AppDomain.Load(String assemblyString)

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime,
Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2003\OFFICE11\
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Found application configuration file (C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office 2003\OFFICE11\Excel.exe.config).
LOG: Publisher policy file is not found.
LOG: Host configuration file not found.
LOG: Using machine configuration file from
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\confi g\machine.config.
LOG: Post-policy reference:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime, Version=8.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Office
2003/OFFICE11/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime. DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Office
2003/OFFICE11/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime. DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Office
2003/OFFICE11/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime. EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft
Office
2003/OFFICE11/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime. EXE.
Any help would be appreciated greatly! Note that word applications work
fine.... hmmm