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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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Adobe is aware of the issue and has issued a fix. It's due to running the 64-bit version of Office with this 32-bit add-in. Download the patch here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/release-note/acrobat-dc-august-02-2016.html
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.
Thanks, John, and Walt as well. BTW, the same is true for Startup folder. The path given in Word said .../User Content.localized/Startup.localized/Word/linkCreation.dotm. Both .localized do not show as part of the actual folder name. It is just User Content or Startup.
I did move the file to the desktop and Word now opens without the error message. Fine.
Alternately just do a spotlight search for linkCreation.dotm and be sure you have saved open work and quit Word. The top result will be "Startup" in the Users>ComputerName>Library>GroupContainers>******(ID# assigned during install).Office>Startup>Word - Hold COMMAND while hitting RETURN. The files location will open in a finder window. Delete the file (grant user admin access when prompted). Restart WORD. All will be well.
Of course this is assuming you are running 10.11.6 + with one primary user; different versions of OSX could have varying paths to the file. The steps would be the same.