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an addin had to be re-enabled. &nbsp;Good job!
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an addin had to be re-enabled.  Good job!

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Alll of a sudden Word 2003 starts up with a Microsoft Visual Basic Run-time error '5'.<br />
I saw somewhere that the normal.dot file might have been corrupted. &nbsp;I decided to uninstall Word 2003 from the suite, reboot ,then re-install, which I did, but the same message comes up after the reinstall. &nbsp;I'm scratching my head on this one--any good resolutions???
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Alll of a sudden Word 2003 starts up with a Microsoft Visual Basic Run-time error '5'.
I saw somewhere that the normal.dot file might have been corrupted.  I decided to uninstall Word 2003 from the suite, reboot ,then re-install, which I did, but the same message comes up after the reinstall.  I'm scratching my head on this one--any good resolutions???

Getting a VB Run Time Error '5' on MS-Word 2003 startup  - what's up with that?

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.

Visual Basic Classic

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