Macros disabled - again and again....

[sundboell]

Hello,

my problem is as follows:

I have created appr 10 macros to navigate quickly around Outlook 2007.
Quite simple VBA macros, which I have copied off a colleague and re-
used (I have no VBA programming knowledge myself). That works fine,
allowing me to jump from folder to folder, apply views etc by the push
of a toolbar button - and even a alt+shortcut.

About two months ago, suddenly all my macros were disabled. Ie, when I
press the button on the toolbar, the macros does not run. I found out
that this was because in the trust center, the macro setting had been
reset to 'warnings for signed macros; all unsigned macros are
disabled'. So I put the setting back to 'no security check for macros
(not recommended). I restarted Outlook (another problem; these days it
is not enough to just close Outlook - I have to go into task manager
to end the process as well) - and the macros worked fine again.

Now, my problem is that every time I then shut my computer down and
restarts the day after, my setting is back to 'warnings for all
signed....' - and I have to run through the above procedure to get my
toolbar shortcuts working again ! It's annoying having to do every
time I reboot my computer - and I can't find which part of the MS
world it is that resets my macro security setting all the time,
without asking me.

Can anyone outthere help me ? I have run through the various posts
here and also googled the topic, but cannot find a solution. If more
information about my settings, software, computer etc is needed, pls
let me know.

Simon

 

[Guest]

This has suddenly happened to me lately as well. In addition, I can't
create a digital certificate using SelfCert to replace my suddenly invalid
one that I used to sign my VBA project.

It may be a coincidence, but this happened to me shortly after I installed
Business Contact Manager. What add-ins are you running?

--
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
MCDBA, MCTS (Messaging & Collaboration, SharePoint Infrastructure, MOSS 2007
& WSS 3.0 Application Development)
Collaborative Innovations
NEW! -> Try Picture Attachments Wizard 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook <-
Web: http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault

 

[sundboell]

This has suddenly happened to me lately as well.  In addition, I can't
create a digital certificate using SelfCert to replace my suddenly invalid
one that I used to sign my VBA project.

It may be a coincidence, but this happened to me shortly after I installed
Business Contact Manager.  What add-ins are you running?

--
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
MCDBA, MCTS (Messaging & Collaboration, SharePoint Infrastructure, MOSS 2007
& WSS 3.0 Application Development)
Collaborative Innovations
NEW! -> Try Picture Attachments Wizard 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook <-
Web:http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog:http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault

Hello,

my problem is as follows:

I have created appr 10 macros to navigate quickly around Outlook 2007.
Quite simple VBA macros, which I have copied off a colleague and re-
used (I have no VBA programming knowledge myself). That works fine,
allowing me to jump from folder to folder, apply views etc by the push
of a toolbar button - and even a alt+shortcut.

About two months ago, suddenly all my macros were disabled. Ie, when I
press the button on the toolbar, the macros does not run. I found out
that this was because in the trust center, the macro setting had been
reset to 'warnings for signed macros; all unsigned macros are
disabled'. So I put the setting back to 'no security check for macros
(not recommended). I restarted Outlook (another problem; these days it
is not enough to just close Outlook - I have to go into task manager
to end the process as well) - and the macros worked fine again.

Now, my problem is that every time I then shut my computer down and
restarts the day after, my setting is back to 'warnings for all
signed....' - and I have to run through the above procedure to get my
toolbar shortcuts working again ! It's annoying having to do every
time I reboot my computer - and I can't find which part of the MS
world it is that resets my macro security setting all the time,
without asking me.

Can anyone outthere help me ? I have run through the various posts
here and also googled the topic, but cannot find a solution. If more
information about my settings, software, computer etc is needed, pls
let me know.

Simon- Hide quoted text -

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Oh, unfortunately I'm using a number of add-ins. Jeyo Mobile Extender,
MindManager, Outlook Hotmail Connector, LinkedIn. I used to also have
the Plaxo add-in, but have un-installed that one.

Anything that seems out of the way there for you ? Why would any of
the add-ins automatically change this setting ?

 

[Guest]

I'm just guessing it's an add-in, but there's no way to programmatically
change the macro security settings so that seems unlikely. I'm using the
Plaxo add-in currently, but not the LinkedIn one anymore.

I've had success setting it to "Warning for all macros"; I have to enable
them every time Outlook starts, but at least it's remembering that setting.
There's clearly something wrong here, so I'll add it to my list of issues to
bring up with the product team.

I assume you're using Office 2007 SP1?

--
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
MCDBA, MCTS (Messaging & Collaboration, SharePoint Infrastructure, MOSS 2007
& WSS 3.0 Application Development)
Collaborative Innovations
NEW! -> Try Picture Attachments Wizard 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook <-
Web: http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault

This has suddenly happened to me lately as well. In addition, I can't
create a digital certificate using SelfCert to replace my suddenly
invalid
one that I used to sign my VBA project.

It may be a coincidence, but this happened to me shortly after I
installed
Business Contact Manager. What add-ins are you running?

--
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
MCDBA, MCTS (Messaging & Collaboration, SharePoint Infrastructure, MOSS
2007
& WSS 3.0 Application Development)
Collaborative Innovations
NEW! -> Try Picture Attachments Wizard 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook <-
Web:http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog:http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault

Hello,

my problem is as follows:

I have created appr 10 macros to navigate quickly around Outlook 2007.
Quite simple VBA macros, which I have copied off a colleague and re-
used (I have no VBA programming knowledge myself). That works fine,
allowing me to jump from folder to folder, apply views etc by the push
of a toolbar button - and even a alt+shortcut.

About two months ago, suddenly all my macros were disabled. Ie, when I
press the button on the toolbar, the macros does not run. I found out
that this was because in the trust center, the macro setting had been
reset to 'warnings for signed macros; all unsigned macros are
disabled'. So I put the setting back to 'no security check for macros
(not recommended). I restarted Outlook (another problem; these days it
is not enough to just close Outlook - I have to go into task manager
to end the process as well) - and the macros worked fine again.

Now, my problem is that every time I then shut my computer down and
restarts the day after, my setting is back to 'warnings for all
signed....' - and I have to run through the above procedure to get my
toolbar shortcuts working again ! It's annoying having to do every
time I reboot my computer - and I can't find which part of the MS
world it is that resets my macro security setting all the time,
without asking me.

Can anyone outthere help me ? I have run through the various posts
here and also googled the topic, but cannot find a solution. If more
information about my settings, software, computer etc is needed, pls
let me know.

Simon- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Oh, unfortunately I'm using a number of add-ins. Jeyo Mobile Extender,
MindManager, Outlook Hotmail Connector, LinkedIn. I used to also have
the Plaxo add-in, but have un-installed that one.

Anything that seems out of the way there for you ? Why would any of
the add-ins automatically change this setting ?

 

[Guest]

My mistake - the macro security settings are stored in the registry, much to
my surprise. Where it's stored and what the values are is detailed here:

Eric Legault My Eggo : Changing Outlook's Macro Security Settings:
http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/archive/2008/06/05/21064.aspx

I've also noticed that when my settings have mysteriously changed, the
entire Level key is gone!

--
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
MCDBA, MCTS (Messaging & Collaboration, SharePoint Infrastructure, MOSS 2007
& WSS 3.0 Application Development)
Collaborative Innovations
NEW! -> Try Picture Attachments Wizard 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook <-
Web: http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault

I'm just guessing it's an add-in, but there's no way to programmatically
change the macro security settings so that seems unlikely. I'm using the
Plaxo add-in currently, but not the LinkedIn one anymore.

I've had success setting it to "Warning for all macros"; I have to enable
them every time Outlook starts, but at least it's remembering that
setting. There's clearly something wrong here, so I'll add it to my list
of issues to bring up with the product team.

I assume you're using Office 2007 SP1?

--
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
MCDBA, MCTS (Messaging & Collaboration, SharePoint Infrastructure, MOSS
2007 & WSS 3.0 Application Development)
Collaborative Innovations
NEW! -> Try Picture Attachments Wizard 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook <-
Web: http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault

This has suddenly happened to me lately as well. In addition, I can't
create a digital certificate using SelfCert to replace my suddenly
invalid
one that I used to sign my VBA project.

It may be a coincidence, but this happened to me shortly after I
installed
Business Contact Manager. What add-ins are you running?

--
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
MCDBA, MCTS (Messaging & Collaboration, SharePoint Infrastructure, MOSS
2007
& WSS 3.0 Application Development)
Collaborative Innovations
NEW! -> Try Picture Attachments Wizard 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook <-
Web:http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog:http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault





Hello,

my problem is as follows:

I have created appr 10 macros to navigate quickly around Outlook 2007.
Quite simple VBA macros, which I have copied off a colleague and re-
used (I have no VBA programming knowledge myself). That works fine,
allowing me to jump from folder to folder, apply views etc by the push
of a toolbar button - and even a alt+shortcut.

About two months ago, suddenly all my macros were disabled. Ie, when I
press the button on the toolbar, the macros does not run. I found out
that this was because in the trust center, the macro setting had been
reset to 'warnings for signed macros; all unsigned macros are
disabled'. So I put the setting back to 'no security check for macros
(not recommended). I restarted Outlook (another problem; these days it
is not enough to just close Outlook - I have to go into task manager
to end the process as well) - and the macros worked fine again.

Now, my problem is that every time I then shut my computer down and
restarts the day after, my setting is back to 'warnings for all
signed....' - and I have to run through the above procedure to get my
toolbar shortcuts working again ! It's annoying having to do every
time I reboot my computer - and I can't find which part of the MS
world it is that resets my macro security setting all the time,
without asking me.

Can anyone outthere help me ? I have run through the various posts
here and also googled the topic, but cannot find a solution. If more
information about my settings, software, computer etc is needed, pls
let me know.

Simon- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Oh, unfortunately I'm using a number of add-ins. Jeyo Mobile Extender,
MindManager, Outlook Hotmail Connector, LinkedIn. I used to also have
the Plaxo add-in, but have un-installed that one.

Anything that seems out of the way there for you ? Why would any of
the add-ins automatically change this setting ?