Office for Mac community for Mac users. Provide feedback in Office app You can send feedback directly to our Office teams. For Mac users, in Office 2016 for Mac, click the smiley icon in the upper-right corner. When I’m trying to launch Office 2016 for Mac Applications, I receive a message that reads: “Compile error in hidden module”. I don’t know why this has.
When starting up Microsoft Word or Excel (or other Office products), the “Compile Error in Hidden Module” issue may arise. Starting up the program will prompt the error message to appear and display one of the following or a similar message:. Compile error in hidden module: AutoExec. Compile error in hidden module: AutoExecNew. Compile error in hidden module: DistMon Image: Example of Error Message in Excel In the versions of Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and ME, the following error message may be displayed instead: Excel has performed an error in module excel.exe and will be closed.
Within Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 and NT, the following error message may be displayed instead: Application name has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
An error report window will appear in order to supply information to Microsoft about the issue that has occurred. To view extended details about the error, click on the ” To see what data this error report contains, click here” link. It will display an error message similar to: App name – App version – Module name – Module version – Offset – 9.0.0.5302 – Vbe6.dll – 6.0.89.67 – 0000d799 The “App.exe” represents the file name for the executable program that the error occurred within.
For this issue, the app name that appears in place of “App.exe” can be “Winword.exe” or “Excel.exe”. Understanding the Cause of Compile Error in Hidden Module This issue is known to happen when the Microsoft Office Startup folder or the Microsoft Excel Startup folder contains one or both of the add-in template files for Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker:. Pdfmaker.dot.
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Pdfmaker.xla Alternately, the problem with Compile Error in Hidden Module may also occur when Norton Anti-virus software is installed on the system. Correcting the Compile Error in Hidden Module Correcting the issue is necessary to allow Microsoft Word or Excel to startup correctly and allow the user to use the program. Follow these steps to correct the issues: When dealing with the Adobe Acrobat Products: The first option with the Adobe Acrobat add-in is to download and update to the latest version of the software available.
To do this, visit the and download the latest update for Adobe Acrobat. Install the update and restart the system (if necessary) to correct the issue with the outdated Adobe Acrobat add-in(s). The Second option is to move the files from the startup folders for the Office program it is affecting.
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The “Pdfmaker.dot” and or the “Pdfmaker.xla” files need to be removed from the start up folder to a separate folder on the hard disk. To accomplish this, find the files in the installation of Office and remove the files. Click “Start” to open up the Task Bar list, click “Search,” then click the “For Files or Folders” option. In Windows Vista/7 the search bar is available in the task bar list. In the search bar, type in “pdfmaker.dot pdfmaker.xla” then click on search.
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