Macros that we wrote in Project Online in the Enterprise Global template are now disabled with the latest office upgrade.

Anonymous
2024-08-16T21:57:57+00:00

Hi,

We upgraded to the latest office version and now when we open MS Project and try to connect to our online profile, the only option we see is to Disable macros. Earlier we also had Enable Macros as an option. Can you pl let us know what we can do to retrieve that option?
I tried attaching a PNG file and also JPG file of the error message but the upload image function is failing here.

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Anonymous
2024-08-20T14:25:21+00:00

Folks, We found an answer to this by talking to Microsoft. It requires registry update.

Save the below content into a updateMacro.reg file in your desktop. Run this file and it will do the magic of enabling the macros.
*****
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\MS Project\Settings]

"Fix9072568"=dword:00000101

*****

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Anonymous
2024-08-30T21:46:10+00:00

Please don't tell me your first name is John, because that's really my first name!

Yes, the guy from Microsoft recommended to roll back to Version 2407. Here are the instructions for anyone interested.

  1. Launch Command Prompt as an administrator and run the following command one after the other
  2. cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun
  3. OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.17830.20166

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-18T00:58:00+00:00

    Dear Sunil Nadig,

    Good day! Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

    As per your description, it seems that you are having issue with Project Online, Macros get disabled with the latest office upgrade.

    If the understanding above is right, to help you better and for the further troubleshoot, we would like to collect more detailed information you're experiencing so that we can have a further investigation:

    1. Would you please share screenshots of the issue encounter again by using the Insert image button (as shown below), or directly copy and paste the image to your post.
    2. Does the issue happen on different devices with different users?
    3. Please also share your Office version with us by going to Project Online desktop app > File > Account and take a screenshot as shown below? For your reference: What version of Office am I using? - Microsoft Support

    Meanwhile, please check the suggestions shared in below official article can help.

    For your reference: Enable or disable macros in Microsoft 365 files - Microsoft Support

    Appreciate your understanding that sometimes the initial reply may not resolve the situation very soon. However, we can work together to narrow down and resolve the situation. Please kindly post back and provide the more information, then we can focus on your specific scenario and provide specific suggestions.

    If the understanding above is not consistent with yours, please feel free to post back and point that.

    Your understanding and patience will be highly appreciated. We hope that you are keeping safe and well!

    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Sincerely，

    Rhoda | Microsoft Community Moderator

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