word 97 when I try to open get winword error in vba332.dll

[stemplr]

Hi everybody!

I'm new to this and was wondering if anyone has some suggestions for me. I have a compaq presario with WindowsME for the OS. It also has Office 97 on it as well. Up until about a week ago everything worked fine. Last tuesday an employee tried to upload a word file she copied from her laptop ( It uses Win2k for OS and it also uses office 97) and it gave the following message.."winword has caused an error in VBA332.DLL. Winword will now close". Ever since then every time I try to bring up a word document I get that message. I ran the virus scan as a precaution and it came back negative. Would removing and reinstalling office 97 help ?

[Kdr Kane]

Try deleting your normal.dot file.

If that doesn't help, read the following:

The cause was described as follows:
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This problem may occur in the above products if you have been modifying the software and have performed Copy and/or Save As operations on objects which contain code and have then closed down the software package without recompiling.

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So to test out this solution, I opened my Excel file with macros disabled. I opened the VB Editor, and under Debug menu, selected "Compile VBA Project". Then I saved my file and closed Excel. I re-opened my file, with macros enabled, and mercifully the problem has gone away !

I know you're not using Excel, but the error is coming from Visual Basic for Applications, thus meaning Macros being enabled is the problem.

[Tweaker]

Try logging on as a different user and see if you still get the error message. If you don't, it is a problem with your profile. Rename your profile in c:\Documents and Settings and log back in as yourself. This will recreate your profile and the error message should stop.