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BentHolm
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3 months ago

Macros have been blocked for my Excel files.

Hi  We got problem activating Macros in Excel when opening files from dropbox. Excel has a messages in the top saying that Macros has being blocked. And there is no option to activate Macros, as t...
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BentHolm
New member | Level 2
3 months ago

Thanks

I have read that thread and  solution there did not work.

How ever if I choose to keep file Localy, (The option in Dropbox), I can enable macros, but then the macro failed as it can not find the files, as it refer to the path in the macros.

And do not think that is the best solution either.

 

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    Rich
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    3 months ago
    BentHolm wrote:

    And there is no option to activate Macros, as there used to be.

    This is an Excel issue, unrelated to Dropbox. You likely need to go into the Trust Center Settings within Excel and add the path as a Trusted Location.

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