3461473 - Error "Could not load file or assembly 'stdole, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies"

After a MS Office update, the selection for local BW connections in Analysis for Office doesn't work as expected.

The following error message can be found in the AO traces (refer to SAP Note 2129389):

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| Assembly 'stdole.dll' was not found in C:\Program Files\SAP BusinessObjects\Office AddIn\Plugins\AnalysisOffice\stdole.dll. #
| Assembly 'stdole.dll' not found. #
General .NET Exception [fd20-e8af-04]:
Could not load file or assembly 'stdole, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
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• SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office 2.8
• SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office 2.8, edition for SAP Analytics Cloud

stdole.dll, Office.dll, Global Assembly Cache, MS Office, .NET Framework , KBA , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , Problem