MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC - SYSTEM ERROR &H8000FFFF

Each time I close Powerpoint, I received a message "Microsoft Visual Basic.
System Error &H8000FFFF (-2147418113). Catastrophic failure." I tried
re-starting Powerpoint it still didn't worked. I get the same error message.
I am using Office 2000.

I understand this problem also happens in excel and word. Grateful for any
help/advise.

Is the error happening for you in only PPT, or does it also happen in Word
and./or Excel?

You've received some suggestions in the PPT group for troubleshooting. Like
MVP Steve Rindsberg there, I'd suspect a faulty add-in. Adobe PDF Writer has
been implicated in this error in the past -- do you have the Acrobat PPT or
Office add-in(s) installed?

If I were you, I'd close PPT, search for all *.PPA files (these are PPT
add-ins), rename them to *.OLD, and see if PPT works better. If it does,
close PPT and rename the *.OLD files back to *.PPA one at a time until you
isolate the problem add-in. Of course, you'll need to turn on file
extensions in Windows to be able to do this.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm has instrux for unhiding
extensions.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


"kyoung" wrote in message
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Each time I close Powerpoint, I received a message "Microsoft Visual
Basic.
System Error &H8000FFFF (-2147418113). Catastrophic failure." I tried
re-starting Powerpoint it still didn't worked. I get the same error
message.
I am using Office 2000.

I understand this problem also happens in excel and word. Grateful for
any
help/advise.

Dear Echo S

This only happens in PPT for me. Someone mentioned in his reply that it
also happens in Excel and Word - I can't verify this.

I will try out your suggestion within the next few days and let you know the
outcome. Many thanks for your help.

Rgds
Kyoung

"Echo S" wrote:

Is the error happening for you in only PPT, or does it also happen in Word
and./or Excel?

You've received some suggestions in the PPT group for troubleshooting. Like
MVP Steve Rindsberg there, I'd suspect a faulty add-in. Adobe PDF Writer has
been implicated in this error in the past -- do you have the Acrobat PPT or
Office add-in(s) installed?

If I were you, I'd close PPT, search for all *.PPA files (these are PPT
add-ins), rename them to *.OLD, and see if PPT works better. If it does,
close PPT and rename the *.OLD files back to *.PPA one at a time until you
isolate the problem add-in. Of course, you'll need to turn on file
extensions in Windows to be able to do this.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm has instrux for unhiding
extensions.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


"kyoung" wrote in message
...
Each time I close Powerpoint, I received a message "Microsoft Visual
Basic.
System Error &H8000FFFF (-2147418113). Catastrophic failure." I tried
re-starting Powerpoint it still didn't worked. I get the same error
message.
I am using Office 2000.

I understand this problem also happens in excel and word. Grateful for
any
help/advise.