Word Compile Error Running in VISTA

[EE Dave]

I have loaded Word 2002 into my new computer running Vista Ultimate but now I
am getting the following error message when Word opens...
Microsoft Visual Basic... Compile error in hidden module: AutoExec.
I have reviewed the suggestions previously listed here, but none of the
links now work (pretty old). Can you help me?
Thanks,
David

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See the relevant section at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm

 

[EE Dave]

Thank you Suzanne. PDFMaker appears as an Add-in in the Global Template,
however "Remove" is grayed out and I am unable to remove it. I have
unchecked the add-in but it re-appears every time I start WORD. I have
searched for the file PDFMaker.dot to remove it and found nothing. What
should I do now?

David

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Recent versions use a .dll (COM add-in instead of a .dot file), but they
also don't necessarily cause this problem. You could see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalled.htm, which
would apply to a COM add-in, but it's not likely to be the issue here. Are
there any other templates/add-ins in Word's or the Office Startup folder?

 

[EE Dave]

Thanks again for the information. Should I remove Word and reload? Maybe if
I deleted the Normal.dot file?? How do I find Normal.dot? If I could just
remove the add-in... seems that Word thinks it is loaded and it is not
really. Maybe I should load the PDFMaker and then delete it??

Any further thougths?

Thanks,
David

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, reinstalling Word would accomplish nothing, and deleting Normal.dot
would accomplish nothing except losing all your customizations. Does the
error message give any further indication of where the AutoExec module is
located? Also, have we established whether there are *any* files in Word's
or the Office Startup folder?