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Article ID: 952096 - Last Review: April 23, 2008 - Revision: 1.3
Error TF86001 or TF80042 Opening Microsoft Team Foundation Server Work Items in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
Source: Microsoft Support
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You are using Team Foundation Server Team Explorer and attempt to open a work item or the results of a work item query in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project.
You receive an error message "TF86001: Team Foundation was unable to load the Office Add-In." You may also receive the error "TF80042: The document cannot be opened because you do not have Microsoft Excel 200n or one of its components installed."
These errors are caused when you install Team Explorer before you install Microsoft Office Excel or Microsoft Project. The Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Run Time will not be configured to work correctly with Team Explorer and must be repaired.
You must repair the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Run Time to correct this issue.
- Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs (or Programs and Features).
- Select Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (or 2008) Team Explorer.
- Click Change/Remove (or Uninstall/Change).
- In the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (or 2008) Team Explorer Setup wizard, select Repair or Reinstall, and then click Next.
- Click Repair on the next screen.
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APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
- Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Excel 2007
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
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