Interop uninstall ?? Runtime Error -2147310770(8002801d): Automation Error. Library not Installed; Word 2003

I have a bit of a problem. I need to automate some things in Word 11/2003. The problem I'm having is I keep getting an Interop error from the Word COM linkage that the Word COM library is not installed. Surfing the net most of the afternoon yesterday and trying some suggestions that did not work I found one that makes a little sense to me. VS 2008 by default seems to install the Interop(s) for Office 2007/12. The comment was there is some sort of bug that breaks linking to Word 11 (and only Word in my case as I can run Excel 2003 from VS 2008 code with no issues) due  to the Interop for Office 12 being present. As I read the post, get rid of the version 12 Word Interop (since Word 2007 isn't installed on my dev machine anyway) and my Word 11 automation problems will go away.

I've tried re-registering Word (Winword.exe /r) and that did not help. I tested with VB6 and get a similar error from COM. So as a last gasp, can anyone here tell me what I need to do to un-install the Office 12 Interop(s)? Note OS = Vista Business

I'm also open to any other ideas

Sorry for this being slightly off topic but I figured this might be the best place for the information I need.

Thank you.

John Warner

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