Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Automation Error Unspecified Error
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Buffington [MSFT]August 15, 201229 Share 0 0 This article applies toWord, Access, Excel and PowerPoint. MS12-060 is a security update that was released Tuesday, August 14, 2012. This update replaced MS12-027. You
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may now be seeing one of the following errors: "Unspecified Automation Error" when
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running or compiling your Microsoft Office VBA code after installing MS12-060; or "Errors were detected while saving ‘filename.xlsm'. Microsoft automation error exception occurred Office Excel may be able to save the file by removing or repairing some features. To make the repairs in a new file, click Continue. To cancel saving the file, click Cancel." http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_other/automation-errorunspecified-error/2c75ea54-981f-4634-ad25-f11647034000 clicking continue you will see "Document failed to save" or similar error. Update - 9/26/2012. See this blog post for the latest update. Fixit Available There is a fixit available for this problem: Office 2010 w SP1 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2597986 Office 2007 w SP2 or SP3 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2687441 Office 2003 w SP3 or Office 2003 Web Components w https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/the_microsoft_excel_support_team_blog/2012/08/15/unspecified-automation-error-after-applying-ms12-060-updated-926/ SP3 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2687323 Steps to fix the problem manually Alternatively, the manual fix for this problem is to re-register MSCOMCTL.OCX. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Open an administrative-level command prompt. The command prompt MUST be on the administrative level for this to work. Click START, and type RUN in the run command line. On Windows Vista and Windows 7 you will see CMD.EXE appear in the quick searchlist. Right click CMD.EXE and left click Run As Administrator. A black command prompt opens. On Windows XP, there is no built-in run-as-admin, but you can use the run as menu option (or runas command line) to execute an admin command from a Limited User Account. 2. If on a 64-bit machine, type the following: regsvr32.exe /u C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX Hit ENTER then type regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX If on a 32-bit machine, type the following: regsvr32.exe /u C:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX hit ENTER then type regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX Your Office program should work again after doing this. (Updated) 3. NOTE: The following step is done at your own risk. Microsoft doesn't know about any side effects to deleting this registry key. In cases where the re-registration doesn'
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Error Unspecified Error Technote (troubleshooting) Problem(Abstract) After receiving a Microsoft update(s), users trying to access TM1 Perspectives see the following error message: Symptom Microsoft Visual Basic Automation Error Unspecified Error Cause The following Microsoft updates have been released August 2012. See bulletin below for all updates released; http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-aug This issue is specific to this Microsoft Office security Update KB2687441 Environment Excel 2007 on Windows Resolving the problem *** Excel must be closed before performing these steps*** Unregister and re-register the mscomctl.ocx file. NOTE: The following must be performed on the machine where problem is occurring when logged into the machine as a user in the local Administrators group. Open a command prompt window. When applicable (Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2), you must use the "Run as Administrator" mode/option when opening the command prompt window Run the appropriate commands indicated below. For 64 bit machines: regsvr32 /u C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mscomctl.ocx regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mscomctl.ocx For 32 bit machines: regsvr32 /u C:\Windows\System32\mscomctl.ocx regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\mscomctl.ocx Once the file has successfully re-registered, start Perspectives to confirm whether this has resolved the problem. For additional information including for other Operating system and Excel versions, please see the following Technote: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21438688 OR Upgrade to Office 2010 Cross reference information Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition Business Analytics Cognos Express Cognos Xcelerator Perspectives Windows 2003 server, Windows 10.1, 10.2.1 Document information More support for: Cognos TM1 TM1 Perspectives Software version: 9.5.2, 10.1.0 Operating system(s): Windows Software edition: All Editions Reference #: 1608271 Modified date: 02 January 2014 Site availability Site assistance Contact and feedback Need support? Submit feedback to IBM Support 1-800-IBM-7378 (USA) Directory of worldwide contacts Contact Privacy Terms of use Accessibility