OFF98: Errors Running Office Programs from Another Computer
Article ID: 177350
Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q177350
SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Excel, you may receive the following error
message:
One of your object libraries (Excel Object Library) is missing or
damaged. Please install the program again.
When you start the Visual Basic Editor in Microsoft Word, Microsoft
PowerPoint, or Microsoft Excel, you may receive one of the following error
messages
'VBA Extensibility Library (1)' could not be loaded,
Out of memory.
Unexpected critical error: can't start program.
The Visual Basic Environment could not be initialized.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if all of the following conditions are true:
- You are running the Microsoft Office programs from another Macintosh
computer.
-and-
- The entire hard disk of the Macintosh computer from which you are
running Microsoft Office is shared.
-and-
- The hard disk of the Macintosh computer from which you are running
Microsoft Office has the same name as the hard disk on your computer.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
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