Windows 8.1 & office home business 2012 - Locks out ALL office programs * There was a problem sending the command to the program*

Hello,
I'm at wits end...BRAND NEW HP pavilion preloaded wit windows 8.1. Purchased a separate full version of Office 2012 Home and Business...downloaded it..loaded ...ran it....it runs fine ..UNTIL maintenance or other updates come through....then I receive
a ** * There was a problem sending the command to the program**** and it lock out ALL office programs with the same message.
My only fix has been to recover to a date BEFORE the updates or maintenance..and this works..UNTIL the updates or maintenance install....then it's Groundhog day all over again.
I have tried all the suggested fixes I have found..NONE work..NONE!! And pray tell how you can get into advanced options or any other portion of the programs to turn off the DDE when you cant access the programs or initialize them at all!!!??
SOS!!

Hi,
I have definitely heard your frustration, we can try these steps to check if it works.
Note: Before doing the following steps, please make a backup of your registry first.
1. edit "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open " and delete the "ddeexec" key. The "ddeexec" key can also be deleted from "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12\shell\Open".
2. Change the registry for Word 2013 by right-clicking and saving:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open\ddeexec] @="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(\"%1\")]" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application] @="WordView" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12\shell\Open\ddeexec] @="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(\"%1\")]" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application] @="WordView" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
3. Double-click the file after downloading to update the registry.
For more detail information:
http://www.dilloway.co.uk/there-was-a-problem-sending-the-command.html

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