"Compile Error in Hidden Module: Distmon"

ebeb - try removing Reader 8.0 from your machine. If you have Pro 6.0 these sometimes conflict with each other.

If you're on a network (at work especially) check with your Administrator to see if you are using a roaming profile or have your desktop re-directed.

I have had this issue with some users in my network running Acrobat 8.1 and Office 2003 on brand new machines.

The solution was to remove the following:

\\ \\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\PDFMaker.xla

\\ \\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\PDFMaker.xla.LNK

\\ \\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\PDFMaker.dot

No detect/repair in Adobe, or reboot necessary. Just opened up Excell and it worked. And yes, I was still able to create PDF files from Office documents after the removal.

re: Install error PDFX1aSet_PSR_ gravure

Greetings,

My installation of Acrobat Pro 6.0 hangs when it can't find the file PDFX1aSet_PSR_ gravure.pdf. Any ideas about how to fix?

Context clues:
- Acrobat was running fine (as would have the install CD, I believe) until I removed Acrobat due to an unrelated issue using the Windows Install Cleanup program.
- I've uninstalled and reinstalled Reader 8.0; no effect
- The error is also temporally related to getting the following error when opening and closing Excel: "..compile error.. autoexecnew," then "distmon," respectively. I attempted this solution, but failed:
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc307c7
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307410
- I've uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2003; run repair w/in Excel; no effect
- In Internet Explorer, I can open a PDF successfully, but the following error also appears: "One or more Adobe PDF extensions are disabled. This may impact how PDFs are displayed... enable add-ons [in IE]." However, all the Adobe add-ons are already enabled in IE.

Thanks very much for your ideas.

I deleted these two files and it worked:

C:Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\PDFMaker.xla

C:Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\PDFMaker.xla.LNK

Deleted the folder:

\\Computername\c$\Documents and Settings\UserFolder\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

and it works!!

My environment is Office Pro 2007 and Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard under XP Pro SP2.

I tried all the above methods, to no avail. For some reason it kept finding the module and posting the error - both at startup and again at shutdown. I did not delete the module, but rather renamed it, once with a .rmv extension, then another time with rmv as the prefix for the name. I've been bit removing things before, and have learned to rename instead of delete.

Here's what worked for me:

Starting at C:, I searched for "pdfmaker" - without the xla extension. It not only found the module location itself - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\XLSTART - but found several shortcuts to it in various places.
I moved the module from it's location out to my desktop, then deleted all the shortcuts I found.
I went through the installed repair procedure with Adobe 8 Standard and the error finally disappeared.

Thanks to the forum for identifying the module.
Hope this helps someone else.

To Jenny Kim
From me in Yorkshire in the UK to wherever you are, it worked, thank you! TC

I had this same issue and instead of the STARTUP directory I went into the XLSTART found in my C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\XLSTART (this may vary depending on where you installed Office. The was a Adobe Template file in this directory. I removed it and it fixed the issue.

Thanks so much for your answer, Aandi. I'm still confused though. What should I reinstall? I've still got Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional and Adobe Shockwave Player. And should I remove Reader 7.0.9 altogether if it's not a good idea to have both Acrobat and Reader? Whatever is on here came with the computer when I got it last year. Thanks, Tamsin

Very nervous computer-user here - sorry if I'm in the wrong place but the problems seem to be related. I tried to speed up my computer by removing some programs. I took out Adobe 5.0, I think it was, because I've got Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and Adobe Reader 7.0. But now when I open or close a Word file, i get this message: "Compile error in hidden module: AutoExec." I've searched for the .dot and .xla files but can't find any. When I click 'help' it says "A protected module can't be displayed. This error has the following cause and solution: There is a compilation error in the code of the specified module, but it can't be displayed because the project is protected. Unprotect the project, and then run the code again to view the error." This means nothing to me...
I don't know what to do - this is beyond my usual simple computer use, plus I work writing from home so don't have any tech support. This stuff makes me fear my own computer! Thanks in advance