Microsoft has blocked macros from running because the source of the file is untrusted
Thread poster: Dominic D.
Dominic D.
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Nov 11, 2023

Anyone knows how to resolve this annoying prompt from coming up every time you switch to a different project? The supposedly problematic file in my case if

"C:\Users\komin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\~WRC3842.tmp"


 
Recep Kurt
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Steps to troubleshoot Nov 12, 2023

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/keep-getting-the-error-microsoft-has-blocked/bb077295-d284-42e5-981e-a91dd62d0ac6

 
Daryo
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Computing 101 Nov 12, 2023

"C:\Users\komin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\~WRC3842.tmp"
is file on YOUR computer.

Unless you want to turn your personal computer into a file server open to the whole world, no one in this forum can know what's in "~WRC3842.tmp".

Microsoft Word macros were for a long time an insidious source of all sort of malware. Initially "for user's convenience" all and any macros were allowed by default, until Microsoft finally decided to put secur
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"C:\Users\komin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\~WRC3842.tmp"
is file on YOUR computer.

Unless you want to turn your personal computer into a file server open to the whole world, no one in this forum can know what's in "~WRC3842.tmp".

Microsoft Word macros were for a long time an insidious source of all sort of malware. Initially "for user's convenience" all and any macros were allowed by default, until Microsoft finally decided to put security before marketing and do something about it.

Are you sure your want to trust this macro? The location of the file (in INetCache) shows that your MS word document was downloaded from the Web - do you really trust the source, and did you ask yourself why would NOT running a macro would make this document unusable? There should be some special reason for that - macros are rarely really needed.

You may want to take a look at this https://www.thewindowsclub.com/temporary-internet-files-folder-location
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Kirill Loktionov
 
Dominic D.
Dominic D.
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Now resolved Nov 13, 2023

Daryo wrote:

"C:\Users\komin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\~WRC3842.tmp"
is file on YOUR computer.

Unless you want to turn your personal computer into a file server open to the whole world, no one in this forum can know what's in "~WRC3842.tmp".

Microsoft Word macros were for a long time an insidious source of all sort of malware. Initially "for user's convenience" all and any macros were allowed by default, until Microsoft finally decided to put security before marketing and do something about it.

Are you sure your want to trust this macro? The location of the file (in INetCache) shows that your MS word document was downloaded from the Web - do you really trust the source, and did you ask yourself why would NOT running a macro would make this document unusable? There should be some special reason for that - macros are rarely really needed.

You may want to take a look at this https://www.thewindowsclub.com/temporary-internet-files-folder-location


One important thing I forgot to mention: this issue has started exactly upon my first use of a self-created Word macro, so I never assumed any malware scenarios in the first place. Not sure what on earth INetCache is.

Anyway, after an Office reinstall (or an upgrade from 2019 to 2021, in fact), the issue now seems resolved, so thank you all. I got a reply from the excellent memoQ Support that the problem has been known and is resolved since some 10.X.X release, but this wasn't the case on my end until the Office reinstall.

The one doubt that I have now is whether I should even try creating any macros in Word right now (on my own, for own use). It's a newly discovered and very useful feature for me that streamlines work on complex OCR projects.


 


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