"Untrusted" excel macro - but it's not untrusted and I'd like to have my laptop recognize that. How?

Hi @Jamie Scholten,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

According to your concern, your file is not verified as trusted/safe file in your new laptop, so Excel shows up the risk warning message. To enable macro for your file in the new device, you can try following the steps in this guidance:

1- Remove the Mark of the Web (MOTW)  

• Open File Explorer, navigate to your Excel file that you need to enable macros 
• Right click on it and choose Properties 
• In General tab, check the Unblock box for the Security option. 

• If the Unblock options is not available, it's usually because that your file is currently saved in a OneDrive or SharePoint folder and it will be considered as from the internet.
• You can try moving the file to your local folder (like C:/ or desktop) and try the Unblock Security box again.

2- Add the file location as a trusted location  

• Open Excel and go to File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings 

• Select Trusted Locations in the left bane > Add new location > Browse and navigate to the folder where you keep the files need to enable macro 
• Press OK to close all the dialog boxes then try opening your macro-enabled excel file again 

3- Adjust the trust center settings for macros  

• Go to File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings 
• Click Macro Settings and choose "Enable VBA macros" (only if you're 100% sure the file is safe) 
• Then click OK to save the settings 

For better visualization about this guideline, you can watch this video Microsoft has blocked macros from running because the source of this file is untrusted Excel - FIX

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