Error in Hidden Module Message

I just did a HD replacement and reinstalled Office 2000 on
an XP machine. I've done all the service packs and other
upgrades to bring Office back up to current. Now when I
start Excel or Word I get a Visual Basic error on startup
that says "Error in Hidden Module." When I click the "OK"
box the program runs normally. Why am I getting this
error, and does anyone know how I can correct this?

Thanks a bunch for any help you can be!

After posting I looked back through old messages and found
the solution below. Perhaps it will also help others, and
thanks again for the contribution of knowledge and
experience!!


From: "Tom Moore [MSFT]"
Sent: 9/17/2003 12:13:16 PM
Subject: Compile error in hidden module: RegistrationDB

Hi Larry,

I believe the behavior you described is documented in the
following
Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

291214 XL2002: "Compile Error in Hidden Module:
RegistrationDB" Error
Starting Excel
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291214

The error is typically caused by a copy of the Adobe
Acrobat file,
Pdfwrite.xla, in the XLSTART folder, after an upgrade of
Microsoft Office or
Excel. Please give the steps in the Resolution section of
the article a try
to see if this corrects the behavior.

Hope this helps!

--
Tom Moore [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

"Larry" wrote in message
...
I've just installed OfficeXP. I am having a problem with
Excel (2002). Everytime I start or close the program I
get
the message "Compile error in hidden module:
RegistrationDB". The caption of the message
says "Microsoft Visual Basic". Does anyone know how to
correct this problem?

-----Original Message-----
I just did a HD replacement and reinstalled Office 2000
on
an XP machine. I've done all the service packs and other
upgrades to bring Office back up to current. Now when I
start Excel or Word I get a Visual Basic error on startup
that says "Error in Hidden Module." When I click the "OK"
box the program runs normally. Why am I getting this
error, and does anyone know how I can correct this?

Thanks a bunch for any help you can be!

.