WD97: Macros Are Enabled When Word Automatically Opens ASD Files

When Word automatically recovers a document from a previous session of Microsoft Word, macros contained in the document are enabled, and no macro warning message is displayed.

When Microsoft Word starts, it checks the following locations for AutoRecover (*.asd) files, but it does not check the files for macros:

• Word always checks the TEMP folder, as specified by your TEMP environment. To determine your TEMP folder, follow these steps:
  1. In Word, click About Microsoft Word on the Help menu.
  2. Click System Info.
  3. On the Tree tab, click to expand the Software Environment folder.
  4. Click to select Environment Variables.
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• Word checks the AutoRecover files path, as specified on the File Locations tab (on the Tools menu, click Options).

To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site: IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information about how Word 97 uses temporary files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: