BUG: "Error Creating New Microsoft Office Document" Error Message When You Use Automation to Build a Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System Project

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.
3. Under Project Types, click Visual Basic Projects, click Console Application under Templates, and then click OK.
4. Add the following code to Sub Main (change any of the paths as appropriate for your computer):

    Dim objDte As Object, params(6) As Object
   objDte = System.Activator.CreateInstance( _
       System.Type.GetTypeFromProgID("VisualStudio.DTE.7.1"))
   
   'Create a new project, not add item or subproject
   params(0) = "{0F90E1D0-4999-11D1-B6D1-00A0C90F2744}"
   params(1) = "ProjectName"      ' project name
   params(2) = "C:\ProjectName"   ' Local directory
   params(3) = ""
   params(4) = False              ' Create a new solution
   params(5) = ""                 ' Solution name
   params(6) = True               ' Silent
   
   objDte.MainWindow.Visible = True
   objDte.LaunchWizard( _
       "C:\Program Files\Visual Studio Tools for Office\OfficeProject\OfficeProjects\VB\VBXls.vsz", _
       params)
   

5. Press F5 to build and then run the console application.

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