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Should I remove Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #801
United States Rank #560
Reach 0.8542%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 23.39 days
690.09 days >
Average installed length: 362.59 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
12.0.4518.1014 100.00%

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Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies

What is Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies?  (from Microsoft)

When you create a new Visual Studio Tools for Office project, a reference to the correct primary interop assembly (PIA) is added to your project automatically if the assembly is installed in the Windows global assembly cache (GAC). The Microsoft Office primary interop assemblies are installed in the global assembly cac...  Read more

Overview

Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies is a program developed by Microsoft. The main program executable is misc.exe. The software installer includes 30 files and is usually about 578 KB (591,872 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows Vista (SP2). While about 63% of users of Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies come from the United States, it is also popular in Australia and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: office.microsoft.com
Installation folder: C:\Windows\Installer\{50120000-1105-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{50120000-1105-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 578 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies

Program executable:misc.exe
Name:2007 Microsoft Office system
2007 Microsoft Office component
Path:C:\Windows\Installer\{50120000-1105-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe
MD5:ff6669f7a1782d54e338f5c6ec806e1e
Additional files:
  • vcomp.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 (Microsoft® C/C++ OpenMP Runtime DLL)

How do I remove Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies?

You can uninstall Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies.

USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#801
 
REACH
~0.85%
PC installation base

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.67%
Windows Vista 23.13%
Windows 10 11.28%
Windows XP 6.86%
Windows Server 2003 0.07%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.39%
Windows 7 Professional 16.98%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 15.44%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.87%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.75%
Windows 10 Home 4.22%

Distribution by countryGeography

62.84% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 62.84%
  Australia 4.65%
  Germany 4.61%
  United Kingdom 3.11%
  Canada 2.99%
  France 2.30%
  Italy 2.07%
  Netherlands 1.18%
  Spain 1.01%
  India 0.99%
  Iran 0.84%
  New Zealand 0.80%
  Belgium 0.75%
  Sweden 0.61%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 27.81%
Hewlett-Packard 23.77%
Acer 13.14%
Toshiba 13.12%
Samsung 6.49%
Lenovo 6.32%
GIGABYTE 3.29%
ASUS 2.76%
Intel 1.55%
Sony 1.20%
American Megatrends 0.56%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.55%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.50%
Samsung R519/R719 4.28%
LENOVO 2958 3.50%
TOSHIBA Satellite L500 2.91%
Samsung R520/R522/R620 ... 2.48%

About Microsoft

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Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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