Run-Time Error 53: File Not Found LinkCreation.dotm -- NOTHING in the proper folder to delete

I had the same problem and was able to solve it!

The files that you need to delete are now under: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office365/User Content.localized/Startup

It was there that I found the files that I normally deleted under previous operating systems.

Ok Im not sure if it has something to do with the model of the MacBook, but I think this will help.

Finder/ Go/ scroll down and click on Computer ( the little icon with the shape of a laptop)/ Macintosh HD / Library/ Application Support / Microsoft/ office 365 / User Content/ Startup/ you will find the 3 folders with Word, Excell and Power Point.. :) Good Luck

thank you!! You're correct. This pathway lead me to the files. I couldn't find them using /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office365/User Content.localized/Startup. I have Sequoia iOS and the correct pathway is Finder/ Go/ Computer / Macintosh HD / Library/ Application Support / Microsoft/ Office 365 / User Content/ Startup/

The Word and PowerPoint files are there to delete: saveaspdf and linkcreation.dotm

I am not seeing office365 folder. Pl help of how to resolve this?

Hey there... I'm having the exact same issue as A.J. I go to Library/ Application support .. but the Microsoft folder is nowhere to be found.. Any chance you could maybe post a picture of where exactly where are supposed to go ? I am sorry, I am really bad at this.. Any help will be appreciated

What does "Go backwards" mean? Also, I don't have a "Hards Drive" folder option, so I cannot get to "Users."Please help.

Nevermind; got it! I started at the "Macintosh HD" icon > library > application support > Microsoft > Office 365, User content > etc.

This worked for me! Follow the exact instructions in the post.

my error was that I didn't follow Camador_1's exact instructions. If you think you are in the correct folder just because there is /Library/Application Support/Microsoft in the path name, you're wrong. For some reason going through Finder --> Go --> Computer and only then navigating to /Library/Application Support/Microsoft etc.

is strictly necessary

I've been fixing this error for years the same way each time, but like the OP I can't find the LinkCreation.dotm file to delete. I followed your link path (/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office365/User Content.localized/Startup), but hit a dead end on the folder after "Microsoft." I don't have Office365, but Word for Mac 2021. After the "Microsoft" step in your path, I have "Office." There is no "User Content.localized/Startup" there.

A Spotlight search doesn't find the LinkCreation.dotm anywhere on my Mac.

This is so frustrating!

TIA for any help you can offer.

A.J.

>>From Finder, Select Go, hold option down, then click Library. *THIS is the wrong folder*. It's what you used to do before. This is a folder that goes Hard Drive --> users --> your user name --> Library. This is NOT the right folder.

Go backwards to the Library folder that's in the same hard drive folder as "users" and then follow the above path. <<

The original path from the OP is "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office365/User Content.localized/Startup"

I did what you said with the holding Option and going to Library, then going backward to the Library folder in "Users," and then following the earlier path. This doesn't work for me. After going to the folder "Microsoft," I hit a dead end. I don't have Office 365, and the next folder in the path is simply "Office." There is no "User Content.localized" folder. A spotlight search can't find a folder called "User Content.localized," and it also can't find the "LinkCreation.dotm" anywhere.

A.J.

What/where is the folder?

A.J.

Thank you so much.