MOD2000: "Unexpected Error" Error When You Package a Project with a Missing Reference

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This article was previously published under Q253661

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Package and Deployment Wizard, you may receive the following error message:

Package and Deployment Wizard

Unexpected error number 8002801D has occurred: Method '~' of object '~' failed.

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CAUSE

You are packaging a project with one or more missing references.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Service Release 1 (SR-1).

To obtain SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

253566 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253566/EN-US/ ) MOD2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Service Release 1 (SR-1)

To temporarily prevent the error message, make sure that all of your references are valid before you begin to run the Package and Deployment wizard.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Developer SR-1.

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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Start Microsoft Excel.
Create a new worksheet, or open an existing worksheet that has a missing reference.
Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor.
Start the Package and Deployment Wizard.
Click Package. Note that you receive the error message described at the beginning of this article.

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