Ken,

This KB related to the general topic "Could Not Open Macro Storage" might be

informative?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224338

Bill

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com

> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble

> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:17 PM

> To: profoxtech@leafe.com

> Subject: RE: Word Automation: OLE exception error 5981 in Windows 7

>

>

>

> > > I have some Word automation code that worked fine in Win

> 2000 but is

> >not

> > > working in Win 7. Yeah, I'm using Word 97, but I have

> heard that this

> > > problem can also occur with Word 2003, so let's for the sake of

> >argument

> > > hold off on the jeering and see if there are any

> solutions, okay? :)

> > >

> > >>>pain snipped

> >

> >1 - Clear temp files and such and run scandisk (or Win 7 equiv)

>

> Hm..would that be right before I reformat the hard drive and

> reinstall

> Windows? :)

> I know, you told me you're grasping at straws, and I

> appreciate the response.

>

> But Word 97 itself works just fine in Windows 7. It's just

> the automation

> that's messing up.

>

> >2 - In Task Manager, display the processes running and make sure you

> >don't already have an occurance of Word running. Playing

> with automation

> >often times leaves these Office apps dangling....

>

> Yes, it leaves Word dangling every time it throws the OLE

> exception, but I

> always go into Task Manager and kill it before trying again.

>

> I'm pretty surprised that nobody else has any insight into

> this. If you're

> doing Word automation with Office 2003 or earlier and VFP 9

> in Windows 7,

> would you at least please let me know what your experience has been?

>

> Thanks.

>

> Ken Dibble

> www.stic-cil.org

>

>

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