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While the error won’t affect the functioning of the Word but you will be faced with it everytime you open or close the Word. This error commonly occurs when the code is incompatible with the version, platform, or architecture of this application.” The main cause fo the problem is the Adobe add-in which was installed with Acrobat DC is incompatible with the version of Word.

Now you'll be able to see the folder and follow Richard and Steve steps.Fix Compile error in hidden module using Word for Mac Whenever you open or close Word 2016 (or whatever version you are using with your Mac Office 365) you will get an error message saying “Compile error in hidden module: link. The folder library located in home folder is hidden by default, so you need: One of them required me to enter my Admin password, the other did not.Ĭlosed Word and restarted without incident.

Thank him for his very informative explanation as to how Microsoft F'ed up and why Richard is doing their job yet I'm still paying them.

and don't worry, the folder is there if you were affected by the update the lengthy numbered folders aren't specific to Richard's machine they are on yours too.

Paste EXACTLY what Richard had included in his very helpful post.

I should also note to anyone that may be discouraged by your lengthy explanation NOT TO PANIC - Richard's steps are VERY EASY TO FOLLOW:

Thank you Richard Hallas for saving me TONS of aggravation & endless cases of punching my desk every freakin' time I opened & closed Word 2016 (or whatever version I'm using with my Mac Office 365). I left that in place, and it isn't causing a problem. Solved!įor what it's worth, I also had another file called "Bookends.dot" in the above folder alongside the problem file. This time it worked fine, without the error message. I moved this file out of the folder and tried loading and quitting Word again. Promising, I thought, given the 'link' reference in the name and in the error message. Inside the above Word folder I found a new file (dated 30 Jun 16) called "linkCreation.dotm". start tunnelling down from your home folder (~), not the root of the startup disk. ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content/Startup/Word/ So basically, the path that Steve Fan should have quoted is as follows: Its email database, I had a clue where to start looking.

However, having previously found (with great difficulty) Outlook's new location for storing The path describe above simply doesn't lead to the described content. The reply given above by Steve Fan is what led me to find the solution, but didn't work in itself. Since I updated to Word version 15.24 recently, when I either start up or quit Word, I get the error describe: "compiler error in hidden module: link".