Hi,

I recently installed some software and deinstalled it after evaluating.

Looks like this software installed a hidden module for MS Excel - and
did not properly remove it - which now causes trouble.

Each time I run Excel I get a series of error messages "System error -
unknown error" which ends in the message "Compilation error in hidden
module ThisWorkBook".

I cannot access this module because it is hidden and password protected.

This happens only for the user I used to install said software - other
users on this computer can run Excel without problem.

I'm using Excel 2000 and Windows 2000 - all service packs installed.

Does anyone have an idea how to correct the situation?

Will de-installing and re-installing Excel help?

Many Thanks

Bernd Kuerbs

Get the password using the information at the following webpage
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html


"Bernd Kuerbs" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recently installed some software and deinstalled it after evaluating.
>
> Looks like this software installed a hidden module for MS Excel - and
> did not properly remove it - which now causes trouble.
>
> Each time I run Excel I get a series of error messages "System error -
> unknown error" which ends in the message "Compilation error in hidden
> module ThisWorkBook".
>
> I cannot access this module because it is hidden and password protected.
>
> This happens only for the user I used to install said software - other
> users on this computer can run Excel without problem.
>
> I'm using Excel 2000 and Windows 2000 - all service packs installed.
>
> Does anyone have an idea how to correct the situation?
>
> Will de-installing and re-installing Excel help?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Bernd Kuerbs
>
>
>

Are you sure you uninstalled all of it?

I think I'd do some detective work to find the problem addin/workbook.

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp

Essentially, you'll turn off all the addins/startup workbooks and then open
excel. Make a change to the standard toolbar. And then turn on each addin
(closing and reopening) one at a time to find the culprit.

Bernd Kuerbs wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently installed some software and deinstalled it after evaluating.
>
> Looks like this software installed a hidden module for MS Excel - and
> did not properly remove it - which now causes trouble.
>
> Each time I run Excel I get a series of error messages "System error -
> unknown error" which ends in the message "Compilation error in hidden
> module ThisWorkBook".
>
> I cannot access this module because it is hidden and password protected.
>
> This happens only for the user I used to install said software - other
> users on this computer can run Excel without problem.
>
> I'm using Excel 2000 and Windows 2000 - all service packs installed.
>
> Does anyone have an idea how to correct the situation?
>
> Will de-installing and re-installing Excel help?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Bernd Kuerbs

--

Dave Peterson

Many Thanks for your help. This certainly looks like an interesting
option, but I solved my problem using the hints given by Dave Peterson
(see post below).

Regards
Bernd Kuerbs

Joel wrote:
> Get the password using the information at the following webpage
> http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html
>
>
> "Bernd Kuerbs" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently installed some software and deinstalled it after evaluating.
>>
>> Looks like this software installed a hidden module for MS Excel - and
>> did not properly remove it - which now causes trouble.
>>
>> Each time I run Excel I get a series of error messages "System error -
>> unknown error" which ends in the message "Compilation error in hidden
>> module ThisWorkBook".
>>
>> I cannot access this module because it is hidden and password protected.
>>
>> This happens only for the user I used to install said software - other
>> users on this computer can run Excel without problem.
>>
>> I'm using Excel 2000 and Windows 2000 - all service packs installed.
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea how to correct the situation?
>>
>> Will de-installing and re-installing Excel help?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Bernd Kuerbs
>>
>>
>>

Many Thanks for these links. The tips given by Chip Pearson were very
useful: I disabled one add-in and now Excel starts without any error
message.

The add-in is a Euro-Conversion tool, I have installed for a long time.
So it looks like the software I installed, corrupted this add-in or left
some remnants which just don't co-operate with it.

Many Thanks

Bernd Kuerbs

Dave Peterson wrote:
> Are you sure you uninstalled all of it?
>
> I think I'd do some detective work to find the problem addin/workbook.
>
> Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
> http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm
>
> And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
> http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp
>
> Essentially, you'll turn off all the addins/startup workbooks and then open
> excel. Make a change to the standard toolbar. And then turn on each addin
> (closing and reopening) one at a time to find the culprit.
>
> Bernd Kuerbs wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently installed some software and deinstalled it after evaluating.
>>
>> Looks like this software installed a hidden module for MS Excel - and
>> did not properly remove it - which now causes trouble.
>>
>> Each time I run Excel I get a series of error messages "System error -
>> unknown error" which ends in the message "Compilation error in hidden
>> module ThisWorkBook".
>>
>> I cannot access this module because it is hidden and password protected.
>>
>> This happens only for the user I used to install said software - other
>> users on this computer can run Excel without problem.
>>
>> I'm using Excel 2000 and Windows 2000 - all service packs installed.
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea how to correct the situation?
>>
>> Will de-installing and re-installing Excel help?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Bernd Kuerbs
>