Microsoft Visual Basic Automation Error 440

[marilynwins (remove this)]

My computer is 3 months old. MS Word has been working great for me until two
days ago. Now every time I open the word program, I get an error that says
Microsoft Visual Basic Automation Error , Error 440.

Doing a system restore does not take away the error code. What do I need to
do to fix this?

 

[Jay Freedman]

My computer is 3 months old. MS Word has been working great for me
until two days ago. Now every time I open the word program, I get an
error that says Microsoft Visual Basic Automation Error , Error 440.

Doing a system restore does not take away the error code. What do I
need to do to fix this?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm.

 

[Dian Chapman, MVP, MOS]

This is a basic automation error and my guess is that you've probably
installed some program that has a template addin for Word that is old
and causing errors.

Click Start > Run and type winword.exe /a and see if that stops the
error. If so, that means you have some template in a startup folder
that is conflicting.

See this TechTrax article for more details:

Add-ins...One of Word's Most Common Problems
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=282

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

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