Compile error in hidden module: link using Word for Mac 15.24 (160707)

Anonymous
2016-07-18T10:54:15+00:00

I have recently update to the "slow insider" 15.24 version of Word for Mac 2016 and am now getting this error when launching or trying to quit Word. If you OK the message it goes away, but a) why is it now doing it? b) does it affect any functioning c) what is : link that it is referring to d) when will it be fixed?

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John Korchok 235.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2016-08-31T23:34:44+00:00

Just substitute your user name for ComputerName and UBF8T346G9.Office for "******(ID# assigned during install).Office", then insert User Content before Startup/Word. So the complete path will be Users/YourUserName/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content/Startup/Word, though apparently some installations append .localized to some folder names.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-20T01:48:34+00:00

    You can eliminate the error message by removing linkCreation.dotm from your Word startup folder. In Word:

    1. Open Tools>Templates and Add-ins, click on linkCreation.dotm and make a note of the path to the file.
    2. Close Word.
    3. Hold down the Alt key while clicking on the Go menu and choosing Library. Your user Library folder opens.
    4. Navigate to the path you wrote down and drag linkCreation.dotm to your desktop.

    This worked perfectly for me.

    With the "Templates and Add-ins" window open, I navigated to the folder where the linkCreation.dotm folder was located. When I got there, I closed Word, and then moved the file to my desktop. I restarted Word, and everything was fine. Simple!

    One caveat, the linkCreation.dotm file said it was in User Content.localized. The actual folder, navigating in Finder, was just User Content. Still found it okay, and was able to move it.

    Thank you!

    Walt D in LV

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-18T22:36:06+00:00

    Bob is right. It's the Adobe add-in that was installed with Acrobat DC. It's incompatible with 15.25. 

    You can eliminate the error message by removing linkCreation.dotm from your Word startup folder. In Word:

    1. Open Tools>Templates and Add-ins, click on linkCreation.dotm and make a note of the path to the file.
    2. Close Word.
    3. Hold down the Alt key while clicking on the Go menu and choosing Library. Your user Library folder opens.
    4. Navigate to the path you wrote down and drag linkCreation.dotm to your desktop.

    Thanks for the information. It was helpful. I, however, had to do some work arounds to find the startup folder. The path that I found when following the instructions you gave didn't give me enough information to find the path. It seemed partial. I had to search for one of the folder names within the path to find the file in the startup folder. I looked at the path and chose a folder name that was unique and searched for it. That allowed me to find that folder and move through the path to find the startup folder. 

    I appreciate the help. Once I deleted the .dotm file, Word opened without error messages.

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