Word 2007 - File not Found error on startup

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FG

I've been running the beta since it was made available.

This morning, when I started Word, I got a "File not Found" error message.
The error window was titled "Microsoft Visual Basic". When I acknowledged
Word displayed a blank page OK and appears to be OK although I did one print
out later and got several sheets of blank paper.

Diagnostics come up with a clean bill of health.

Every time I've started since I get this same error. Have searched UG for
this error and cannot find anything.

Anybody?
 
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Herb Tyson [MVP]

If you're getting the message only when starting Word, it sounds like it
might be an add-in that's misfiring. Have you installed something recently?
Some add-ins work by using an AutoExec macro that runs when Word first
starts up.

I would check macros to see if you have an AutoExec or other macro that's
trying to run.

I would also try Office button - Word Options - Add-Ins tab and see what's
on the list of Active Applications Add-ins.
 
C

Computerman

If you're getting the message only when starting Word, it sounds like
it might be an add-in that's misfiring. Have you installed something
recently? Some add-ins work by using an AutoExec macro that runs when
Word first starts up.

I would check macros to see if you have an AutoExec or other macro
that's trying to run.

I would also try Office button - Word Options - Add-Ins tab and see
what's on the list of Active Applications Add-ins.
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Thanks for your reply.

I've checked and there are no autoexec or startups running when Word
starts. The only template that loads is normal.dotm.

Active Add-Ins
Adobe PDF maker Office
Measurement Converter
Person name (Outlook e-mail recipients)

There are 4 inactive add-ins. There are no disabled add-ins.

I now wonder if It could be a macro-related problem as I have 2 macros I
wrote years ago that are attached to the normal.dotm template. They are
listed but I cannot run, step into, or edit them. One is a simple key
press to transpose two characters on either side of the cursor and the
other creates a new document and prints the fonts list, using the
appropriate font (pre-dates Word 2003!). These were presumably carried
forward from an old normal.dot template as I didn't insert them into Word
2007.

My macro security settings are set to "disable all macros with
notification" by default so I changed this to "Run all macros (not
advised)" to see if I could access them but it didn't make any
difference. Even stranger, I cannot delete these as clicking on "delete"
in macro manager has no effect. Possible corrupt normal.dotm template?

I've tried repairing Office 2007 Beta 2 this afternoon and am no further
forward.
 
C

Computerman

Thanks for your reply.

I've checked and there are no autoexec or startups running when Word
starts. The only template that loads is normal.dotm.

Active Add-Ins
Adobe PDF maker Office
Measurement Converter
Person name (Outlook e-mail recipients)

There are 4 inactive add-ins. There are no disabled add-ins.

I now wonder if It could be a macro-related problem as I have 2 macros
I wrote years ago that are attached to the normal.dotm template. They
are listed but I cannot run, step into, or edit them. One is a simple
key press to transpose two characters on either side of the cursor and
the other creates a new document and prints the fonts list, using the
appropriate font (pre-dates Word 2003!). These were presumably carried
forward from an old normal.dot template as I didn't insert them into
Word 2007.

My macro security settings are set to "disable all macros with
notification" by default so I changed this to "Run all macros (not
advised)" to see if I could access them but it didn't make any
difference. Even stranger, I cannot delete these as clicking on
"delete" in macro manager has no effect. Possible corrupt normal.dotm
template?

I've tried repairing Office 2007 Beta 2 this afternoon and am no
further forward.
Click to expand...

Problem solved!

I've discovered another normal template with a pling icon of type macro-
enabled template in the same folder as the normal.dotm template. The date
stamp was today's so I removed it out of curiousity to see what would
happen. Word is now back to normal and my own macros respond once again.
 
H

Herb Tyson [MVP]

One of the interesting things about Word 2007 is its eagerness to load both
normal.dot and normal.dotm files. Nice that it was something so "simple",
eh? ;-)
 
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