Just if someone encounters this problem:
I deleteds cb.dot and PFFMaker.dot and the problem seems to have gone away

Peter



>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
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>Peter
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>>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."
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>>-- 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
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>>>
>>>>>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.