ur problem however is very similar to when ur machine is infected by MS blaster work. if you have that make sure you clean it first, otherwise try my earlier suggestion.
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Browse All TopicsI am getting an error while opening an Excel (2000) file "Cannot use object linking and embedding" followed by "An error occurred initializing the VBA libraries". After that Excel quits.
I have seen an accepted answer to this question (don't know who accepted it) but the answer has nothing to do with the problem and does not say at all how to eliminate it.
Help would be much appreciated.
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This is Blaster......but you may not find it......run the fix anyway...I have been through this...and this is how we fixed it....
run the blaster....if it doensnt find it...then your still ok....
1. go to this directory and delete any VBA crud.....C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\
2. Reboot in Safe mode and launch Excel....then reboot normally.......
dont ask me why but I found this fix a while ago and it worked fabuloulsy
dawne :)
I am having a similar problem when i try to open an excel file. I am receving the message: "An error occurred initializing the VBA libraries (265)" and then Excel stays open though. If i open the Visual Basic Editor from inside Excel and then try to open the file i receive a "Device I/O" error message. did you ever get your problem fixed and is there something similar i could try? thanks.
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obviously It was a mistake....you could have responded nicely though and less like an ass...
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by: adonis1976Posted on 2003-11-12 at 12:06:59ID: 9734191
try this out, sounds wierd, but no harm in trying
reboot the machine into safe mode
and then again reboot into normal mode.. see if that works.