We've had some related issues, but not exactly the same thing. Only concrete thing I found on one site was this:
"I have been playing around in my XP Pro registry and have found that the DDE setting for various programs like Wordpad.exe (and I assume WinWord.exe) are in the Hkey_Classes_Root section. Under Wordpad.Document.1 there is a subkey named shell with another subkey named open and below that a couple subkeys ONE of which is ddeexec. I right-clicked mine and exported to a temporary location, deleted the ddeexec subkey, rebooted and no problems running Wordpad. Reintegrating the removed subkey involves double clicking the exported .reg file. So, you could experiment that far at least by finding WinWord in the Root files list." ************ Other than that, all I found was several other folks with the same question. DAF On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Jason Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a branch office that’s experiencing slowdowns when Opening Excel > or Word files through Windows Explorer via double-click. We found a solution > that involved disabling DDE for .xls files that seemed to make the computers > go browse/open files much faster. Whenever we disable DDE, it re-enables > itself later and automagically. > > > > Does anybody have registry or group policy fix that can be used to > “permanently” disable DDE for specific file types? > > > > Or should I just use the Jobs method of fixing the solution? “If the > reception is bad when you hold it like that, then stop holding it like > that.” > > > > Thanks in advance, > > ------------------------------------------ > > Jason Morris > > MJMC, Inc. > > P: 708-225-2350 > > F: 708-943-9015 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information from MJMC, > Inc., which > is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for the use of > the individual > or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended recipient, > you are > hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying > of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in > error, please > immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the retrieval > of the original > document. > > -- David _____________________ "Proceed with all possible speed. Direction to be determined later." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
