What exact version of the TwinCAT XAE are you using? There was a bug in earlier versions of TC 3.1.4022 that has been fixed in 3.1.4022.32: When resolving placeholders using the Automation Interface to a version number consisting only of 3 parts, TwinCAT always added the asterisk as 4th part. But even if only the 4th part is an asterisk, the first three parts of the version number are ignored and the latest version of the library is used. (This behavior has not changed with the bugfix, but now, the resolution to 4.4.0 should work.)
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