yeah I did that and deleted all normal.dot files: no change!
Then I repaired MS Office:no change!
I uninstalled MS Office and installed from scratch;
The error is still there
Symantic antivirus scan does not find any critters whatsoever.

I guess unless somebosy has an idea, I will have to format etc.....

Arghhh


Peter


>Search Options -> Advanced Options
>[x] Search system folders
>[x] Search hidden files and folders
>
>Aside: I hate that MS added the default behaviours of excluding these. Why don't they have an installation option of "I know what I'm doing, please remove draconian settings."
>
>-- Randy
>
>>Interesting! windows search does not even find normal.dot.
>>I assume the templates folder is invisible (it's gray in the explorer)
>>
>>Bummer!
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>
>>>>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.