How to restore missing Run a script option in Outlook rule?

Written on 13 September 2017.

How to restore missing Run a script option in Outlook rule?

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

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Restore missing Run a script option in Outlook 2016

To 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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FerretWilliams · 1 months ago
I also didn't have a security folder. To get around the issue, I set a rule to forward all emails fitting a specific rule to IFTTT so I can use their automation instead. Won't work for everybody, and attachments get a long number added to them if saving to Dropbox.
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  dan · 17 days ago
  
  what applet did you use on IFTTT, or did you make your own?
  
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  FerretWilliams · 16 days ago
  
  I set an email trigger, and set the action to be to save to Dropbox. However, I've since switched to Microsoft Flow for saving Gmail directly to Dropbox. My specific goal was to save Gmail attachments to Dropbox, and Flow worked best for that after IFTTT dropped support for reading emails from Gmail.
  
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Sagar · 2 months ago
I Don't Have a security folder after HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook
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  IT Engineer · 2 months ago
  
  It's because Microsoft has yet again changed something concerning this feature. Most likely, this registry key path has completely changed, or has been outright omitted. I have a Premier Support ticket open with MS currently to have them provide us the CORRECT registry setting for Office2016/2019 current monthly channel to bring the Run a Script in Rules Actions back. It is completely unacceptable for MS to continue to alter/omit features like this without clear & priority notification to clients. I understand the security risks behind using such a feature, but in certain scenarios, this still is used.
  
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  Azza · 28 days ago
  
  By playing around I found the correct key:
  Computer\HKEY_USERS\{whichevertheuserkeyis}\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security
  
  So do not use HKEY_Current_User, instead use HKEY_USERS
  
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Jason · 4 months ago
This doesn't seem to work for Outlook 2013. Is there a method that will work for this version? Also, your instructions reference DWORD and the images imply QWORD.
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  Lukie · 3 months ago
  
  For 2013 I used HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Security and DWORD EnableUnsafeClientMailRules with value 1.
  Each version of office has its own folder in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\"
  
  You also need to allow the macro to run in outlook 2013:
  
  File -> Options -> Trust Centre -> Trust centre settings
  -> Macro settings -> "Notifications for all macros"
  
  This will ask you to allow the macro the first time the rule runs, but be careful not to allow any other unknown macros during day to day use. You could also use a digitally signed macro, and only allow digitally signed ones to run.
  
  Then create your script, create a rule that runs it, and you should be set.
  
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Espen · 8 months ago
DWORD or QWORD? A bit confusing to understand which to use... Had to create DWORD to make it work. Thanks
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Rafal · 11 months ago
Do You have instructions how to enable this option also for outlook 2010?
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