Re: Word 2004 - "Can't load Visual Basic for Applications"

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

From: John McGhie (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 23:37:10 +1000

You MAY have a virus. Buy/Update your antivirus program and do a full scan
of your system. Make sure you get a modern version that can detect PC
viruses as well as Mac viruses.

The reason Word can't load VBA is because it is being asked to load the PC
version of it.

You could cure YOUR problem by simply closing Word and renaming your Normal
template. (Trashing won't work: either drag it to the desktop or rename
it). However, the virus will hang around in your system and may infect any
PC you send documents to.

If no virus is found, then you should run the Office Uninstaller which you
will find in the Office Folder, then re-install. It could be that a file
got put in the wrong place when you installed, and now Word can't find VBA.
Note: Re-installing without uninstalling has no effect: it won't replace
files if they already exist.

Hope this helps

On 25/5/04 3:59 PM, in article 2004052501592479930%markgreen0045@hotmailcom,
"mark green" <mark_green0045@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Every time I launch Word 2004 I receive this error message. It has been
> happing since the very first launch but doesn't seem to cause any
> problems once I click "OK". However its very annoying and I can't seem
> to find any info on this issue. Here is the exact message I receive
> after Word 2004 launches.
>
> "Can't load Visual Basic for Applications
>
> Make sure Visual Basic for Applications is installed on
> your computer. If Visual Basic for Applications is
> installed, make sure the path to the installation folder
> does not contain any characters outside of the system
> code page (such as Cyrillic characters on an English
> system) and contains fewer than 255 characters."
> 

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