'logging DDE conversations in windows 10

I need to trace where a DDE conversation is failing in windows 10. This is handing a file path to

I always used DDESpy, but it crashes under win10 when monitoring events. I have tried running under all legacy modes.

Can the event viewer be configured to log DDE commands?



Solution 1:[1]

I also had a need to trace/debug DDE traffic. Same experience as reported by others: old Spy++ crashes. However, I located a working Spy++ and Spy++ (64 bit) in my installation of Visual Studio 2010 - on Windows 10 Pro The Spy++ and Spy++ (64) have much more tracing capabilities. But most important, they do not crash (so far).

Regards, Max

Screenshot from using Spy++ from Visual Studio 2010:

Screenshot from using Spy++ from Visual Studio 2010

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Solution 1 Ramil Aliyev