XL97: Worksheet Change Event Macro Fails to Run

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Sub LinkList()
   Dim Links As Variant
   ' Obtain an array for the links to Excel workbooks
   ' in the active workbook.
   Links = ActiveWorkbook.LinkSources(xlOLELinks)
   ' If the Links array is not empty, then open each
   ' linked workbook. If the array is empty, then
   ' display an error message.
   If Not IsEmpty(Links) Then
       For I = 1 To Ubound(Links)
           ActiveWorkbook.SetLinkOnData Links(i), "LinkChange"
       Next I
   Else
       MsgBox "This workbook does not contain any links " & _
       "to other workbooks"
   End If
End Sub

Sub LinkChange()
   MsgBox "linked"
End Sub