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Disable DDEAUTO for Outlook, Word, OneNote, and Excel versions 2010, 2013, 2016
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Options]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Options]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Options]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Options\WordMail]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Options\WordMail]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Options\WordMail]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\OneNote\Options]
"DisableEmbeddedFiles"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\OneNote\Options]
"DisableEmbeddedFiles"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\Options]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
"DDEAllowed"=dword:00000000
"DDECleaned"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Excel\Options]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
"DDEAllowed"=dword:00000000
"DDECleaned"=dword:00000001
"Options"=dword:00000117
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Options]
"DontUpdateLinks"=dword:00000001
"DDEAllowed"=dword:00000000
"DDECleaned"=dword:00000001
"Options"=dword:00000117
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abraeg commented Jan 16, 2018

Is there any information about what "Options"=dword:00000117 is about?
What, if I already have an Options value other than 00000117? Should it be replaced or should it be added (bitwise?)
Thanks for any hint.

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