RPC_E_SERVERFAULT when automating Microsoft Word

Question

I'm creating word documents from templates (.dot) via Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word. The code below works on some templates but not on others: where it doesn't work it throws an RPC_E_SERVERFAULT exception. What is this about, what can be the cause and how could i fix it? (exception occurs at the second line)

Code:

        wordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass();

        wordDoc = wordApp.Documents.Add(ref oTemplate, ref newTemplate, ref docType, ref isVisible);

        wordApp.Visible = false;

        wordDoc.Activate();

Answer 1

You will hate me and downvote me probably but in all my .NET work experience working with the COM Interop is a PIA (pun intended / PIA also means Primary Interop Assemblies).

Usually the performance is so bad that makes the whole thing unacceptable. So we resorted to buying a 3rd party, managed, non-Office-dependent library that does the same thing WAY faster.