Comments on: Compile Error in Hidden Module: Distmon in Excel 2003 and 2007

By: Irvin

Irvin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:44:23 +0000

You need to get rid of the .xla & .dot extensions. Excel looks at the last 3 letters, not the nam as a whole.

Linda Reed: I have had this issue on several of the PC’s in our office and have resolved the problem following the advice above (thank you very much!). However, I have one PC that will not cooporate. I did the search for both types of files (*.xla and *.dot) and the return shows the files, BUT someone had already renamed the files (pdfmaker.xla to pdfmaker.old.xla and pdfmaker.dot to pdfmaker.old.dot). Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this PC?Thanks (Quote)

By: Irvin

Irvin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:43:17 +0000

Linda Reed: I have had this issue on several of the PC’s in our office and have resolved the problem following the advice above (thank you very much!). However, I have one PC that will not cooporate. I did the search for both types of files (*.xla and *.dot) and the return shows the files, BUT someone had already renamed the files (pdfmaker.xla to pdfmaker.old.xla and pdfmaker.dot to pdfmaker.old.dot). Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this PC?Thanks (Quote)

By: Linda Reed

Linda Reed — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:32:32 +0000

I have had this issue on several of the PC’s in our office and have resolved the problem following the advice above (thank you very much!). However, I have one PC that will not cooporate. I did the search for both types of files (*.xla and *.dot) and the return shows the files, BUT someone had already renamed the files (pdfmaker.xla to pdfmaker.old.xla and pdfmaker.dot to pdfmaker.old.dot).

Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this PC?

Thanks

By: Mike Bindman

Mike Bindman — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:47:05 +0000

Thanks for the info. Your advice worked like a charm. Went the the C:\ Drive, searched all files and folders (including hidden files) and removed all instances of the pdfmaker.xla. Once removed, I opened up Excel 2007 and the error was gone. Appreciate the assistance.

By: Rick Villa

Rick Villa — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:01:57 +0000

Thanks for the help. Deleted pdfmaker.xla and all is right with the world.

By: nitesh verma

nitesh verma — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:33:55 +0000

Go to this link for solution…..u r done in less than 5 mins::

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307410

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:02:41 +0000

The tip on searching hidden files was the kicker! I couldn’t understand why the fix wasn’t working. Thanks so much, Cinnamon!

By: Matthew Schow

Matthew Schow — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:13:05 +0000

That fix worked for me beautifully, thank you so much! And now my create PDF function doesn’t crash Excel when I use it, which was causing me problems as well.

By: griff

griff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:24:29 +0000

Worked a treat, got rid of both annoying messages & excel opens much faster… Cheers

By: Alan Trotter

Alan Trotter — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:04:13 +0000

Help – I followed your instructions and got rid of the “distMon” issue but now when I open a spreadsheet it appears blank until I click on a cell with data in it and then the whole sheet appears!
Also- when I close the file a blank Book1.xlt isopen behind it!
Please help!