"Compile Error in Hidden Module: Distmon"

IT WORKED. I Deleted "PDFMaker.xla" and "PDFMaker.dot" from all the instances as mentioned by jhooda and Robert Caspe.

The only thing for a layman like me is to know that these were in the hidden mode. Go to Tools/Folder Options/ View and click the video button to show the hidden folders and files.

I also deleted previous versions of Adobe on my systems, don't think that made a difference.

It finally worked,I am not going to pull my hair out now.....

Adobe WAKE UP ! It is your problem and not MS.

I recently purchased a new lap top and transferred some files from my old one - I began getting the "Compile Error: DISTMON" whenever I tried to access any .xls files. Thanks to my Brother (who suggested I check this site) and the advice posted above I solved the problem. I deleted the pdfmaker.xla file and Adobe 6.0. The new laptop already had Adobe 8.0 installed. Many thanks on solving this extremely aggravating problem.

Rick G.

Hey Hugo- Do you know if it messed up anything in your Acrobat program or not- see my question above?

thanks,
Jaime

I deleted
\\machine\c$\Documents and Settings\kristo marinoff\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\pdfmaker.xla.lnk and
\\kmachine\c$\Documents and Settings\kristo marinoff\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\pdfmaker.xla

... just as jhooda mentioned, and voila!

Also removed the acrobat 6 update but just to keep the workstation clean.
Regards!

dumb question: if I remove those pdfmaker files, will I still be able to render pdfs from Office programs??? thx

I tried all the fixes without success until I realised that there were two instances of the file pdfmaker.xla
1. under C:\Program Files\etc\
2. under C:\Documents and Settings\...\Excel\etc\
as hinted in the above posts. I deleted both and the hash of distmon has been settled once and for all.
The main question is: "Why do I find this error so annoying and spend stupid time trying to fix it?" Zeigarnik?

Correction - the correct passes are as follows:
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\pdfmaker.xla, and/or
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP\pdfmaker.dot

For those unsuccessful with the above solutions, pls try to locate and delete the following files:
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\pdfmaker.xla, and/or
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\pdfmaker.dot

I deleted c:\program files\adobe\acrobat 8.0\pdfmaker\office\PDFMExcel.dll and c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\office\recent then restarted Excel and it ran through a self installer and worked fine with no error. I closed it and reopened to make sure it was fixed and there was no further error. Thanks for all the input everyone.

I recently upgraded to Acrobat 8 from Ac 6 and started getting "compile error...distmon" everytime I launched or closed Excel(MS Office 2003). Google pointers to MS, Symantec, and Adobe support pages were useless. Then I landed on this page, did a search on C: for pdfmaker.xla, found 2 copies, and deleted both. Error message is now gone and the convert xls file to pdf button in Excel still works. No need to reinstall or repair Adobe 8. Thanks everyone for your posts!