Trying to open an Integration Services Package and getting Error

Question

I have installed Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 on my machine. When I try to open an existing .dtsx file using BIDS I get the following error. I know this file is not corrupt because I can remote into a different machine and open it there with no problems. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

An error prevented the view from loading. (Microsoft Visual Studio)

The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
(System.Windows.Forms)

Program Location:

at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CoCreateInstance(Guid& clsid, Object punkOuter, Int32 context, Guid& iid)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateWithoutLicense(Guid clsid)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateWithLicense(String license, Guid clsid)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstanceCore(Guid clsid)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstance()
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetOcxCreate()
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.TransitionUpTo(Int32 state)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateHandle()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at Microsoft.DataWarehouse.Design.ComponentDiagram.CreateDdsView(Control parentControl)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.DtsComponentDiagram.CreateDdsView(Control parentControl)
at Microsoft.DataWarehouse.Controls.DdsDiagramHostControl.set_ComponentDiagram(ComponentDiagram value)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.ControlFlowControl.set_ComponentDiagram(ComponentDiagram value)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.DtsPackageView.CreateControlFlowEditor(VsStyleToolBar pageViewToolBar)
at Microsoft.DataWarehouse.Design.EditorWindow.EnsureViewIsLoaded(EditorView view)

Answer 1

I had not installed VS11 but what I had done several months ago was install VS2012 and that is what ultimately caused this issue. When I uninstalled VS2012 all the dll's did not get removed so the install of VS2008 tried using those. That was the issue that needed resolved. I removed the folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSDesigners8)that contained all those dll's and then repaired my installation of VS2008. Tested the fix and it worked.

Answer 2

Removing the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSDesigners8 and repairing VS2008 resolved my issue.

FYI, I had SQL Server 2014 installed and unistalled earlier, and all those DLLs still exist and caused this issue.