Symptom
The errors below occur when trying to install Analysis for Office:
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Your system does not fulfill the prerequisites for the chosen components:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime not found
or - An old version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime was found
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Environment
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
Reproducing the Issue
- Try to install Analysis Office;
- Confirm the error;
Cause
In order to use Analysis Office, the VSTO Runtime is required. This is why the error message occurs when trying to install AO and the VSTO Runtime is not installed.
All Visual Studio versions since 2010 came and come with a VSTO runtime called "2010".
Microsoft confirmed that VSTO runtime, even with its old name "2010" is supported according to the lifetime of the parent product.
Refer to this post from Microsoft (section "Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime"):
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The Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime ships with various versions of Visual Studio and Microsoft Office and follows the support lifecycle of the parent product.
It is also available to download and install independently. The versions of VSTO Runtime that are available on the download center follow the support lifecycle of the latest version of Microsoft Office that was available at the time of its release.
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Resolution
Install the latest version of Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime from Microsoft's page.
See Also
Keywords
vsto, installation, requisites, prerequisites, setup, wizard, failing, fail, compatibility, dependent , KBA , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , Problem