Disable DDEAUTO for Outlook, Word, OneNote, and Excel versions 2010, 2013, 2016 By 262588213843476 Archived: 2026-04-05 21:10:24 UTC Star (69) Fork (14) 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 https://gist.github.com/wdormann/732bb88d9b5dd5a66c9f1e1498f31a1b Page 1 of 2 [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 Source: https://gist.github.com/wdormann/732bb88d9b5dd5a66c9f1e1498f31a1b https://gist.github.com/wdormann/732bb88d9b5dd5a66c9f1e1498f31a1b Page 2 of 2