Instantiate Shell32.Shell object in Windows 8

Hi,

I want to instantiate the Shell32.Shell object in Windows 8. I have created a small console project in VS 2012, added reference to Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation. When running the following code

namespace Shell32Test
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      object shell = new Shell32.Shell();
    }
  }
}

Details of the exception:

System.InvalidCastException was unhandled
  HResult=-2147467262
  Message=Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Shell32.Shell'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{286E6F1B-7113-4355-9562-96B7E9D64C54}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).
  Source=Shell32Test
  StackTrace:
       at Shell32Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\Users\christ.ADLIB\Documents\Visual Studio 11\Projects\Shell32Test\Shell32Test\Program.cs:line 8
       at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String[] args)
       at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
  InnerException:

Any ideas how to solve this issue?

Thanks,

C.