Copy/Paste System Error

[BenMiller]

I use Office 2003 at work. I recently downloaded the trial Office Professional 2010 Suite. It messed around with my Outlook, so I uninstalled the entire 2101 trial suite and rebooted my system (I'm running XP).
Now, every time I try to copy a cell in Excel (text is fine - this only happens when copying cells), the system will pop up an error message: System Error &H80004005 (-2147467259). Unspecified error
If I click OK six times (each time it displays the same error message), it will work; and I get the same reaction when trying to paste the cell.
The same problem happens when I try to open a new document, close the program, etc.
If I click Help, it says Visual Basic encountered an error that was generated by the system or an external component.
Anyone else ever experience something like this?

 

[taurean]

There's some write-up in MSKB regarding this error. It refers to userform with some specific control. Are you using this control?

 

[BenMiller]

I don't think so ... I'm afraid I don't know much about VBA!

 

[taurean]

So this problem is for all open Excel files (with or without macros)? I have personally never encountered this error. Have you tried / considered re-installing office (as sometimes it is too much to dig into the specifics of a problem / error)?

 

[BenMiller]

Yeah, it's on everything. It's probably Office being screwed up because of the upgrade and uninstallation. I'll try to reinstall Office. Thanks!

 

[BenMiller]

My mistake: It's only happening when I open a certain document. After that, it affects all other documents as well.

 

[taurean]

OK. Does this 'specific' document contain Macros [more specifically a userform]?

 

[BenMiller]

No, at least not to my knowledge. What I ended up doing was opening two instances of Excel, then manually copied/pasted (ignoring the error message) from the old doc into a fresh doc in a new instance. Renamed the tabs, etc. and saved as the same location/filename as the old one. Everything's good now!

 

[taurean]

Much better than re-installing Excel. Good job.