Run-time Error '5': Invalid Procedure call or argument

[ddesonier]

Greetings!

I have a PowerBook G4 with OS 10.4.8 and Office 2004 for Mac.

Several months ago, out of the proverbial blue, I started getting the
following message every time I open Word for the first time:

Run-time Error '5': Invalid Procedure call or argument

I then click on "End" and can proceed to work in Word with no problem.

I have tried doing a directory rebuild through Disc Warrior. I have
repaired disk permissions. Nothing works. That error faithfully appears
every time I open Word.Although it has not stalled my work, it is a
pain to take that step of clicking "End" before working.


Any thoughts or suggestions? It's driving me batty.

Don Desonier

 

[ddesonier]

Hey, Beth:

Thank you for responding!

I am not running Endnote 9. At least, the fact I have no idea what that
is means I probably am not!

I usually open word by double clicking on a particular document I want
to open. And, it happens on any document in word I open. If, on
occasion, I am merely drafting from scratch and click on the "Word"
icon in the dock, this "Run-time error '5'" still appears.

Any thoughts?

Don

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Don:

Beth is right: this is a macro failing to run. If you haven't installed
Endnote or Adobe Acrobat, then you may have picked up a virus.

Find your Normal template, quit Word, then re-name Normal to "OldNormal".

When you start Word it will create a new Normal template and your error
should disappear.

In which case, update your antivirus program and run a full scan: there may
be a virus hiding on your system somewhere. It's probably a PC Virus that
won't fully operate on a Mac, but that doesn't mean it can't infect every
document you have

Cheers

Hey, Beth:

Thank you for responding!

I am not running Endnote 9. At least, the fact I have no idea what that
is means I probably am not!

I usually open word by double clicking on a particular document I want
to open. And, it happens on any document in word I open. If, on
occasion, I am merely drafting from scratch and click on the "Word"
icon in the dock, this "Run-time error '5'" still appears.

Any thoughts?

Don

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[ddesonier]

Greetings!

Thank you all for your feedback on this issue.

I ended up contacting Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac support. She
walked me through going into the Microsoft User Data, and on to the
Word, PowerPoint and Excel "inner folders". Turns out there were
several "add-ins" buried in those folders. I deleted them, and Bam!
problem solved.

Don