If you are attempting to use MS word 2002 after an office upgrade process you may come cross several problems. Procedures generally run without any sort of problems in Excel 2000. Excel runtime error 438 occurs in MS Excel 2002 whenever a user makes attempts for updating the Windows 95 computer system. You will come across this error while running macro applications or using Visual basic. You will also encounter this error if NewWindow method is used by you as a part of IF statement or other places where you expect a Boolean value to come. In Microsoft Excel 2000, this process gives an incorrect Boolean value, in place of a Workbook or window object.

Before resolving the problem you will have to know about the error and its causes. With the occurrence of error code 438, the following messages will be displayed to you:

Run-time error '438'
Object doesn't support this property or method.

Excel Runtime Error 438 is an erroneous Excel error which may also occur due to damaged swap file, infamous malicious applications, conflicts among the programs, memory issues, and corrupted password list. This critical error occurs as a dialog box which contains the particular code along with corresponding definitions. If you will close the Excel Runtime Error, the application encountering this issue will automatically close or freeze. If the matter becomes more serious, you will have to reboot the system.

          

In order to resolve this error, you can go for formatting your system. If you are having an updated backup with you, you can take its help and restore all your data that has been erased due to formatting. But in its absence you will have to go for third-party Excel repair solutions. These Excel repair tools are especially designed to repair the corrupted Excel files and resolve all sorts of Excel errors.