Cannot find wrapper assembly for type library VBIDE

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Ben

I recently had this problem while working within Visual Studio 2008 on an invoicing program. For the project I was required to add a few references. Towards the end of the project when I was debugging I realised the Warning “Cannot find wrapper assembly for type library VBIDE”.

I am unaware at this point which of the references I added also added the VBIDE reference but it was not needed within my code.

To solve the problem make sure you have all files in view, Project > Show All Files

Then go to the solution explorer and expand the references, from there you should be able to right click VBIDE and remove the reference.

If you need the VBIDE reference and have come across this topic trying to find out how to fix the problem then your best bet is to find out exactly what references you need and only add them in, it is likely that you no longer need the VBIDE reference but another reference.

19 thoughts on “Cannot find wrapper assembly for type library VBIDE”

Adrian on March 14, 2011 at 6:58 pm said:

Thanks, this was of great help to me.
Igor on July 9, 2011 at 4:30 pm said:

thanks
Genaro Güitrón on July 29, 2011 at 6:08 am said:

Thanks, this was very good….
JOe Blo on August 5, 2011 at 2:14 am said:

Thanks!!! Removed the reference as indicated, rebuilt the project and it fixed the warning. VS 2010; Office Automation 2007.
Björn on October 7, 2011 at 9:09 pm said:

Thanks for this tip! Fixed my issue perfectly. It appears that the VBIDE reference is valid when using .NET 2.0, but not 3.5 or 4 afaict.
Dushyant on February 27, 2012 at 5:05 pm said:

Thanks for the solution for (warning MSB3283: Cannot find wrapper assembly for type library “VBIDE”), it was fast and effective. I am not sure how this reference got added.
Nenad on March 4, 2012 at 8:53 am said:

Thanks! You helped me a lot!
SHERVIN MOTAMEDI on April 3, 2012 at 7:00 am said:

THANKS.HANDLED THE ISSUE . SIMPLY SOLUTION EXPLORER,REFRENCES,REMOVE VBID , CLEAN THE PROJECT,RE RUN
Lorenzo on June 9, 2012 at 5:15 pm said:

Thank you very much!! This trouble was driving me mad!!
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Zarko on September 9, 2012 at 11:41 am said:

Thanks! Instant relieve!
Damian on October 24, 2012 at 12:29 pm said:

This was of great help to me. Thanks
DAN on November 15, 2012 at 5:04 pm said:

THAX ALOT……
Ashwin on December 5, 2012 at 3:24 pm said:

Thanks a lot u saved my day
Ben on December 6, 2012 at 10:17 pm said:

Glad to help.
VT Pani on December 7, 2012 at 12:15 pm said:

Thanks for the help
Sudath on December 29, 2012 at 12:31 pm said:

Thanks. You save my day.
Alex on April 2, 2013 at 9:03 pm said:

Thanks, my error randomly appeared just like you. Wasn’t sure if I should delete it, but I did and it worked
Savio on May 13, 2013 at 6:48 pm said:

Thanks, you just saved my day!

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Cannot find wrapper assembly for type library VBIDE

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