You may have noticed the run a script option disappears from the Rules wizard after an Office update. That will prevent users from creating Outlook rule with VBA script. This article will introduce a way to restore the missing run a script option in the Outlook rules wizard easily.
Restore missing Run a script option in Outlook 2016
Restore missing Run a script option in Outlook 2016To restore the missing run a script option in the Outlook rules wizard, please do as follows:
1. Press Win + R keys together to open the Run dialog box, in the dialog box type regedit in the Open box, and click the OK button. See screenshot:
2. In the popping out User Account Control dialog box, please click the Yes button. See screenshot:
3. In the Registry Editor window, please open the Security key with below path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security
4. Right click the Security key, and select New > DWORD (32-BIT Value) from the right-clicking menu, and then name the new DWORD as EnableUnsafeClientMailRules. See screenshot:
5. Double click the EnableUnsafeClientMailRules DWORD to open the Edit QWORD Value dialog box. See screenshot:
6. In the Edit QWORD (64-BIT) Value dialog box, type 1 in the Value data box, and click the OK button. See screenshot above.
7. Restart your Microsoft Outlook.
And now you will find out the run a script option in the Step 1: Select action (s) of Rules Wizard.
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