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
    2024-09-05T19:23:39+00:00

    Did code signing with a certificate work?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-05T18:42:54+00:00

    Ha - you are more than welcome Fabrice. Yes, I downgraded (ironically, to make it work) and disabled auto-updates. This is my own personal copy so it works, but I know others in companies where this morning their MS Project was reverted back to 2408 and had to contact IT to roll it back.

    I have no idea how the 2408 passed their internal QA before releasing? This seems a biggie.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-05T18:38:55+00:00

    Me too. Tried the fix, and it didn't work. You are right, it only works with the server version.

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