Sub-options of Tools/Macros greyed out

M

ms

After my laptop was rebuilt I went into Tools/Macro to run some code, only
to find the three sub options on Tools/Macros, Macros, Security and Visual
Basic Editor are all greyed out. Ah, I thought, maybe this is because I
have not re-installed VB6. But now that's done and rebooted, these options
are still greyed out. I have checked my logon account and it is in the
Administrators group. This Outlook 2003 on XP Pro. Any suggestions as to
where to look next would be gratefully received.
 
M

Michael Bauer

Did you try a click on ?->Info->Deactivated Elements and activate the
VBA-Addin?
 
M

ms

Thanks Michael. I assume you mean from within Outlook, go to
Help>About>Disabled Items
There was an item there but it was something to do with virusscan (I
remember getting a message about something like that being disabled a few
days ago) so I enabled it, restarted Outlook. Now the are no Disabled
items, but hasn't fixed my problem.
I also did Help>About>System Info>Office 2003 Applications>Microsoft Office
Outlook 2003>COM Addins and it says Microsoft VBA for Outlook Addin status
is "installed Yes". When I installed it, I did it over the network. When it
finished it said Restart? so I said yes, but then it dropped the link with
our building server. When it restarted the install came up with a dialog box
saying it could not find a certain resource (because it was not on the
network) so maybe the install was trying to do some post-install customizing
and could not do it?
I'm going to copy the s/w to my laptop and re-install from there so after
the reboot it ought to be able to finish up OK
what do you think?
thanks
Dave
 
M

Michael Bauer

Hi Dave,

I think trying to de- and then re-install the VBA support is a good
idea.
 
M

ms

Michael
I've now re-installed but no change. Still cannot get into VBA. I notice
it's accessible from both Word and Excel. But in Outlook, the three sub
options on Tools/Macros menu: Macros, Security and Visual Basic Editor, are
all greyed out
oh dear!
any ideas?
thanks
Dave
 

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