DDE server window

[tish]

every evening when i shut down my system i get the
following error window: "DDE server window ending
program.you may press end now...."

it does not matter if i have just finished using any
program or if the system has been idle for awhile

should i be looking for a fix or is this OK?

thanks,
tish

 

[Eric]

I tried using "DDE server window ending
program" in Google, but nothing turned up.

You could try doing a Google Group search of past posts to
this newsgroup and alt.os.windows-xp.

Click the link if you want to know how to search Google
Groups:

http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/Software.htm#google

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
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[tish]

i've tried the newsgroup route...and no one answered. and i
sent the information to the Dell tech dept. with no answer
so far
thanks for taking the time
tish

 

[Guest]

This DDE Server Message started appearing after I installed SP2 and Office
2003. In my testing the DDE message shows up after reading a web site PDF
file in IE which starts Acrord32.exe (Adobe Acrobat 6). I "solved" the
message issue by moving all the Acrobat Reader 6 Plugins to the Optional
folder so it only loads plugins as they are needed. So one of the preloading
plugins was causing the message. This "fix" stopped the DDE server window
message on shutdown and as a side benefit Acrobat loads much faster.
Unfortunately there is still a problem. Now that I've fixed that message a
VB program that I wrote now won't close on shutdown and and presents the end
now message. I believe the root cause is related to the SP2 code somehow but
I haven't had time to do the research.