My guess would be that VBA is not installed. A quick test would be to try
to go to the VBE via Alt-F11.

VBA is a setup option under 'shared components' or some such language.

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Jim
"Phil" wrote in message
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|I received a game from a friend that runs in excel.
| But it refuses to work.
| The message I get is:-
| This workbook has lost its VBA project, ActiveX controls and any other
| programmability-related features.<<
| I'd hazard a guess that there is some security related thing getting in
the
| way, much like the attachmentsa irritant in Outlook Express.
| I'm using Vista - is there a fix to get it working ?