Thread: [Solved] Word froze, on recovery there was a problem with building blocks and now my Macros all disappeared.
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Old 08-14-2016, 05:00 AM
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Macros are stored in macro enabled templates, in particular the normal template which is normal.dotm

If you have not changed the default location enter or copy
%appdata%\Microsoft\Templates
to the address window of Windows Explorer and you will be taken to the folder that should contain the default template.

If Word cannot find the default template it creates a new one, and the update to Windows 10 will undoubtedly have replaced the normal template with a new one which will have been saved at the prompt.

The original template (the one with your macros) should have been saved as NormalPre.dotm, and you may well find that in the same folder, in which case copy it to a safe location and rename it to normal.dotm after having deleted the new normal.dotm from the folder.

Start Word - open the renamed normal dotm template and file > saveas and save with the same name and location.
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