Hi Meme,
I can understand the inconvenience caused to you. I will certainly help you with this issue.
DDE is Dynamic data exchange and the Explorer uses DDE to open Office documents (supposed you open the document from the explorer window). DDE Share is a tool for managing the way programs communicate and share data over a network.
This issue might be because of several reasons such as the security software you may have installed on the computer, any program or application running on the computer at the back ground or due to some errors in the hard drive
of the computer.
Please follow the methods below and check.
Method 1: Clean boot
Placing your system in Clean Boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. You need to follow the steps from the article mentioned below to perform a Clean Boot
How to perform a clean boot in W