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error while opening many word files

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by rohit kumar d 1 view

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hi. when i open more then 25 word files i get an error message that "TOO MANY DDE CHANNELS OPEN CLOSE ONE" .then i give "ok" it continues the opening of the balance word files which are selected

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by dklippert

Here's the MS article:
ErrMsg: "Too many DDE channels are open."

Q210087

SYMPTOMS
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When you try to open multiple Word documents (approximately 19 or more) from the
Open dialog box (on the File menu, click Open), not all selectedfiles open.

When you try to open multiple Word documents (approximately 27 or more) from
Windows Explorer, the following error message may appear:

Too many DDE channels are open. Please close a window.

When you click OK to the error message, another instance of Word opens, and the
remainder of the selected documents open.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, open fewer documents at one time.

by wcquan

DDE (Dynamic Data Excahnge) basically allows users to cross-referance and cut-and-paste between documents. When too much is going on at one time windows gets confused.

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