Alphacam and Microsoft Office 2010 Error

Q. After installing Microsoft Office 2010, or installing Alphacam on a computer with Microsoft Office 2010, I get the following error. What does this mean?

A. This has happened because MS Office 2010 updates some VB runtime files (controls), but leaves the existing cached control information (.EXD files) on the system.

There are two ways to resolve this issue:

Option 1, is to manually delete the EXD files. These files can be found in the folders shown below.

Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\{USER_NAME}\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms

Windows Vista or Windows 7

C:\Users\{USER_NAME}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Forms

Option 2, simplifies the removal of these files. An EXD Cleaner utility has been developed and is available for download here. Once downloaded, simply save this utility to the Desktop, run it, and click on the Clean button.

Please note that this is not an Alphacam Specific issue. This is a general Microsoft VBA related issue and can affect any VBA enabled product, including other versions of MS Office, such as Office 2007.