How do I eliminate warning about ~$ZWDAddin upon starting Word

[Orchard Bill]

Whenever I start Word, directly or with Outlook, I get a message titled
File Conversion -~$ZWDAddin

select the encoding that makes your document readable.


i have no idea how to eliminate this recurring message.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

It appears you have some sort of an add-in (well, duh, JoAnn!). I'm going to
assume that this just started so what did you change/download lately?

 

[Orchard Bill]

No conscious download, although the strange symbols that appear with the
message have my name included when I select the 'correct' decoding language
from the drop down list.

It appears you have some sort of an add-in (well, duh, JoAnn!). I'm going to
assume that this just started so what did you change/download lately?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Whenever I start Word, directly or with Outlook, I get a message titled
File Conversion -~$ZWDAddin

select the encoding that makes your document readable.


i have no idea how to eliminate this recurring message.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I did a quick Google and found your anwer (always Google first). Apparently
you have a temp file named ~$ZWDAddin. You need to find that file and delete
it. It may be a hidden file so you're going to have some digging to do. The
biggest clue as to where it is is in the "The addin template is not valid
(C:\...STARTUP\~$ZWDAddin.dot)." message that you are probably getting.
Follow the path, delete that file, restart Word.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

No conscious download, although the strange symbols that appear with the
message have my name included when I select the 'correct' decoding
language
from the drop down list.

It appears you have some sort of an add-in (well, duh, JoAnn!). I'm going
to
assume that this just started so what did you change/download lately?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Whenever I start Word, directly or with Outlook, I get a message titled
File Conversion -~$ZWDAddin

select the encoding that makes your document readable.


i have no idea how to eliminate this recurring message.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You have deleted the DataViz "Documents to Go" (I think it's called) add-in
for Word and left behind the "owner file" that was created when it was
opened. As JoAnn says, you need to close Word, navigate to the path where
the temp file is stored (you may find it listed in Tools | Templates and
Add-ins) and delete the file, then restart Word.

 

[Cardlaw]

It may also be related to a Documents to Go Add-on from Dataviz.
Look for a global template with ZWDAddin in the name.

 

[Orchard Bill]

Thanks to all three responders. When I was able to find and delete
~$ZWDAddin.dot, the problem was resolved. It also seems that I can still use
'Documents to go' with my Treo 650.
You were great, thank you!