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Set OLE/DDE preferences

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
2. Under DDE operations, do one or more of the following:

   To ignore DDE requests from other applications, select Ignore DDE requests.

   To update DDE links at the interval specified in the Refresh interval box, select Enable DDE refresh.

3. In the OLE/DDE timeout box, enter the number of seconds (0 to 300) Microsoft Access should wait before retrying a failed OLE or DDE operation.