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ActiveX blocked by default in Microsoft 365 because remote code execution is bad, OK?
(www.theregister.com)
Good god, is ActveX still alive?
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
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ActiveX was such a bad idea. If your business depends on some custom ActiveX components you built into your workflow MS should just let you enable that and let darwinian forces take care of the rest.