That doesn't sound good--but since I don't run Vista, I don't have anything but
guesses.

Does it happen after you reboot?
Does it happen if you're logged on as an admin?
If you try the same thing in MSWord's VBE, do you get that same thing?

Have you googled newsgroups for that phrase?
I just did and saw a post by Randy Birch that pointed to:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269383/en-us
PRB: 'Error Accessing the System Registry' Message When Displaying VB/VBA
References

Do you use Crystal Reports?



wrote:

Huh...Tools - References gives me "Error Accessing the System
Registry"

On May 22, 3:11 pm, Dave Peterson wrote:
Open the workbook on the troublesome pc
Open the VBE
Select your project
Tools|References
Look for MISSING in that list of references.

Depending on what's missing, you may be able to uncheck it or replace it with
the version thatVistauses.

--

Dave Peterson