Microsoft KB Archive/166431

= Error Running VBA Macro in Chinese (Hong Kong) Locale. =

Article ID: 166431

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q166431



SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following error message when you run a VBA macro in a document, spreadsheet, or database in the Chinese (Hong Kong) locale:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

.exe

Exception access violation (0xc0000005), Address 0x651b6614



RESOLUTION
To run a VBA macro in either Chinese (Taiwan) or Chinese (PRC) locale:
 * 1) Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double click Regional Settings.
 * 3) Click the Regional Settings tab.
 * 4) Click either Chinese (PRC) or Chinese (Taiwan) locale.
 * 5) Click Set As System Default Locale, so that it is selected, and then click OK.
 * 6) Restart your computer to activate the selected system locale.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: errmsg err msg Dr. Watson

Keywords: kbnetwork KB166431

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