Disable DDEAUTO for Outlook, Word, OneNote, and Excel versions 2010, 2013, 2016

disable_ddeauto.reg

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

[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

If anyone is curious I tried to do it system-wide by using HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE but that didn't work to disable the link updates.

Is there any information about what "Options"=dword:00000117 is about?
What, if I already have an Options value other than 00000117? Should it be replaced or should it be added (bitwise?)
Thanks for any hint.