GetObject Worked Fine with Microsoft Office 2011 but having problems in Office 2019

Hi All,


I often use,

Dim appWD As Word.Application
' Create a new instance of Word and make it visible
Set appWD = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
appWD.Visible = True

In Office 2011 and recently moved to Office 2019 and noticed it doesn't work.

I've tried,

Set appWD = GetObject(, "Word.Application.16")

Set appWD = GetObject("Word.Application")

Set appWD = CreateObject("Word.Application")

And still get run-time 7 error and Run-time error '-2147221020 (800401e4)'

When I use CreateObject it does open up Word but then says an error and highlights the CreateObject line as an error when I click Debug.

Would really appreciate any help or advice, thank you so much.