>Compile error in hidden module:AutoExec
>
>
>this error suddenly shows up when I get into or out of word.
>I deleted normal.dot and the error is still there!
>
>what can I do? Short of uninstalling/reinstalling MS Office??
>
>
>Peter
I think AutoExec is a macro that executes automatically when opening Word. It SHOULD be saved in a template file, so I don't know why deleting the NORMAL.DOT file doesn't work. You might do a search for "normal.dot" on your entire hard disk, to see if you didn't get the wrong copy.
This kind of macro may be installed by legitimate programs, which puts "plug-ins" into Word (for instance, a PDF creator, or a translating program), or by a virus.
Perhaps a virus, or the purported legimitate program, put the badly-designed macro right back.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
