Microsoft has blocked macros from running

Microsoft has blocked macros from running
Last Updated on 06/07/2023
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If you open a file containing macros from an email or downloaded from a web page, you will get the message, Microsoft has blocked macros from running.

File Security with Enhanced Macros

Recently, Microsoft has changed the security settings of files containing macros from the web or exchanged by email.

Microsoft has blocked macros

Unblock macros from running

To allow macros to run, you must change a setting in the file properties

  1. In File Explorer, select your file containing macros
  2. Right-click
  3. And click Show more options
File Explorer shows more options
  1. Then Properties (the last option in the menu)
Windows file properties
  1. And finally, in the General tab, click on the Unblock option
Unblock file with macros

Macro project

For instance, this calendar with saving data from one month to another one needs this trick to be activated

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Microsoft has blocked macros from running

Reading time: < 1 minute
Last Updated on 06/07/2023

If you open a file containing macros from an email or downloaded from a web page, you will get the message, Microsoft has blocked macros from running.

File Security with Enhanced Macros

Recently, Microsoft has changed the security settings of files containing macros from the web or exchanged by email.

Microsoft has blocked macros

Unblock macros from running

To allow macros to run, you must change a setting in the file properties

  1. In File Explorer, select your file containing macros
  2. Right-click
  3. And click Show more options
File Explorer shows more options
  1. Then Properties (the last option in the menu)
Windows file properties
  1. And finally, in the General tab, click on the Unblock option
Unblock file with macros

Macro project

For instance, this calendar with saving data from one month to another one needs this trick to be activated

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *