PPS not reading from email

[Navy Chief@discussions.microsoft.com Retired Navy Chief]

I looked at the responses so far given. I still have the same problme. I have
to save the PPS file, run PPS and select the file I want to run. I did the
file associate in control panel...but to no avail. It will not run directly
from the email. I also did the download from MicroSoft, installed it with the
same problem. the PPS that came with my computer has expired. I'm up against
a wall.

[Sonia]

What responses? What download from Microsoft? Are you saying that PowerPoint
has expired?

Without knowing what your original question was and what the suggestions were
it's difficult to respond to this post. Please reply in the original thread so
that we'll have the full picture.
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"Retired Navy Chief" <Retired Navy Ch...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the Critical
Update or Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 as soon as possible. From
PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for Updates".]

[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint
that you just created (you can save, but not open)? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]

Hello,

What version of PowerPoint are you using?
Have you installed the PowerPoint Viewer (and, if so, what version)?
What is the e-mail program or site that you are using?

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

[Retired Navy Chief]

OK...here goes again.

I bought a computer with the total Microsoft Office 2003 pre-installed.
Before the trial period was up, my PPS viewer was able to open a PPS file
that was attached to an e-mail. When my trial period was up, the **warning
display** come on and asked for a reqestration key. I did not buy the
MicroSoft Office Package so I did not have a key. The program would still run
put if the PPS file had embedded sound, the sound would not play. The
**Waring Display** also said that if I do not wish to buy the 'key' that by
using the add/remove program I could delete it from my system. This I did. I
subscribe to a site that sends out weekly PPS files as part of their e-mails.
It lets the reader know that if they do not have a PPS viewer that it can be
optained and they post a link:
To view these files you will need the Power Point viewer which is available
for FREE download at...http://snipurl.com/2fz9 The download is for Microsoft
Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003 ver 6.0.2600.0. On my old computer all I had to
do was download it and it ran fine from emails (Windows ME). As soon as I
tried to run the install PPS viewer on my Windows XP system I receive the
notification that the association program was not found and that I was to
goto Control Panel folder options and select the appropriate file to run the
file with the PPS extention. I did this and selected 'OK/Apply'. I then did a
system re-boot and tried to view the file from the email again with the same
result and the same 'error'. I got the information about the control panel
and folder options from here in the community. Since my orginal post I have
repeated all the steps from removing to installing and setting up the
association section in folder options. I'm again stuck where I was at the
begining of my 'orginal' post.

[Sonia]

Here's a simple way to get you going. I'm assuming that you did download and
install the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer. If you don't remember where you installed
it, do a search for PPTVIEW.EXE. Right click on your Desktop and select New >
Shortcut. You want to create a shortcut to PPTVIEW.EXE, so browse to it and
select it. An icon will be created on the Desktop and when you double click it
the Viewer will open.

From your email, instead of trying to run the presentation file, save it to your
hard drive. Then open the PowerPoint Viewer and from the dialog you can open
the presentation file.

Let us know if you have questions.

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[Echo S]

Ok, so the problem here is that you had a trial version of PowerPoint, but
it has expired so you no longer have PowerPoint on your system.

The full version of PPT allows you to create and view PPT files. The free
Viewer only allows you to view files. So you only need the Viewer to do what
you want. You shouldn't be receiving errors looking for qualifying products
or anything like that.

After you downloaded the free PowerPoint Viewer, did you actually install
it? You have to double-click ppviewer.exe to start the Viewer install
process.

You said this:

> As soon as I
> tried to run the install PPS viewer on my Windows XP system I receive the
> notification that the association program was not found and that I was to
> goto Control Panel folder options and select the appropriate file to run
the
> file with the PPS extention.

I suspect that the error you described is the one you'd get when you attempt
to open/view a PPS/PPT file; it's not the error you'd get when attempting to
install the PPT Viewer itself. ?When you try to open/view a PPS/PPT file, if
Windows cannot find the PPT Viewer (or a full standalone version of PPT), it
will allow you to choose the appropriate file to run.

Try double-clicking the file you downloaded from http://snipurl.com/2fz9 to
install it.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

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[Retired Navy Chief]

Like I said....I can run the program BUT NOT BY JUST CLICKING THE FILE IN THE
EMAIL. And yes I save the install program and ran it from my computer not run
it from the net. I was able before to just click on the file and PPS view
would automatically run from with-in the email. Can't do that now.

[Echo S]

You may want to ask your question in the appropriate newsgroup for your
email program, then.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

"Retired Navy Chief" <RetiredN...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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[John Langhans [MSFT]]

Hello,

I might have missed this from your previous posts... but....

What is application you use for viewing/reading your e-mail?
What is your e-mail provider?

We REALLY want to get to the root cause of the problem you are experiencing
and having this additional information would help our testers reproduce the
problem you are experiencing.

Thanks,

[Retired Navy Chief]

Hello John.....I use outlook express. When my 60 trial of MircroSoft Office
ran out I downloaded the PPSview ver 6.0.2600.0. This download worked on my
other computer just fine. It will not run from the file enclosed in an
e-mail. If I save the file (like to desktop) all I have to do is click on the
file and then PPSview 'automatically' runs. How do I get it to run from the
emial. It did on my Windows Me computer just fine.

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

Thanks,

With that additional information I was able to repro this internally under
the following configuration:

* Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2)
* PowerPoint Viewer 2003 installed (no version of PowerPoint installed).
* Attachments in Outlook Express

On the surface, it appears to be some kind of regression in Outlook Express
caused by SP-2, but I'll leave it to the testing groups to find over the
ownership of the bug.

For now, the workarounds are:

* Save attachment and open from Windows explorer or PowerPoint Viewer 2003
directly
* Remove PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and install PowerPoint Viewer 97 (which
doesn't exhibit this problem)
* Remove Service Pack 2 for Windows XP (I definitely do NOT recommend this
due to the many security enhancements it contains).

I anyone else is experiencing this problem with a different e-mail client
or with PowerPoint (instead of Viewer), please let me know. I'll post
update once testing has determined the root case.

[Traveling]

Thanks. BTW, the PowerPoint viewer 97 works fine with XP SP2 and OE 6

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Thanks

Traveling

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[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the Critical
Update or Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 as soon as possible. From
PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for Updates".]

[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint
that you just created (you can save, but not open)? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]

Hello,

Testing has come up with the following workaround.

1) Install PowerPoint Viewer 97 to the same folder as PowerPoint Viewer
2003.
2) Rename the respective executables for the two viewers as follows:
2a) Rename PowerPoint Viewer 97 executable to something other than
"pptview.exe" or "ppview32.exe"
2b) Rename PowerPoint Viewer 2003 executable "ppview32.exe"

This will "trick" Outlook Express into using PowerPoint Viewer 2003
(instead of PowerPoint Viewer 97) to open attachments.

You can get PowerPoint Viewer 97 from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7c404e8e-5513-46c4-
aa4f-058a84a37df1&DisplayLang=en&hurl=56C5044BA426B18891FD034D7EB36FE6

[lostandconfused]

I am having the same problems with .pps and outlook. However the link you
provided does not seem to be working... at least not for me. Is there any
other way to download power point 97?

[Sonia]

Try http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

http://www.soniacoleman.com

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[lostandconfused]

Thank you! I was able to download it, and it now works, thanks for the help!

[cozyhome]

How do I change the respective executables names? Nothing I try seems to work.
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Thanks, K

[cozyhome]

How do I change the respective executables file names?
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Thanks, K

[Echo S]

Can you find the files on your system? If so, right-click one and choose
Rename. Then just type in the new name.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

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[Michael Koerner]

It will not run when saved from an e-mail. You either have to double click
on the saved file and if you have either the PowerPoint viewer or the full
version of PowerPoint on your system it will then open and run in the
Slideshow mode.

I personally would not want any program to run when saved from an email.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

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[totte]

Hello! Why isnt this bugg fixed? have the same problem with two new
computers with Works 8.0, Outlook express, XP home and tryed windows
update.Get an errormessage when open from e-mail but saved on computer is no
problem to open

""John Langhans [MSFT]"" skrev:

[totte]

I am having the same problems with .pps and outlook. However the link you
> provided does not seem to be working... at least not for me. Is there any
> other way to download power point 97?

"Sonia" skrev:

[not reading from email w/ PPViewer@discussions.microsoft.com PPS not reading from email w/ PPViewer]

"Sonia" wrote:

> >> I am not able to view .pps files from Outlook Express and I cannot find PPViewer 97
>
>
>

[PPS not reading from email w/ PPViewer]

John L I cannot find ppviewer 97 so I can't use ur workaround. I also found
in the Knowledge Database an entry to change the registery (add an OPEN entry
to 3 keys) This did not work either. Whats the newest fix for this problem

[Michael Koerner]

AFAIK, The 97 Viewer is no longer available for download

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<><><>Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are Using<><><>
<><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This Newsgroup<><><>
Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

"PPS not reading from email w/ PPViewer"
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[PPS not reading from email w/ PPViewer]

Sonia, I tried what u suggested, but the PPViewer 97 seems to be no longer
available on the MS website. I did find it on another website that I found by
using Google. I installed it and now I can view .pps files from Outlook
Express, so I am good. Thanks

[t.@discussions.microsoft.com ed t.]

I have the same problem having to save the OE mail's pps attachment to my
harddrive and then I can open it up but never directly from outlook express.
I cannot fiqure out how to do this "association" under folder options in the
control panel. I have Power Point installed and it runs fine otherwise.
What can I do????

[Louis]

I have a similar problem. In my case I made a Power Point Presentation and
wanted to save it as a ".pps" file however my current program Windows Media
Edition does not allow this the choices I get start with : Presentation,
Single File Web Page, Web Page,Power Point 95, Powerpoint 97-2003 &
powerpoint 95 etc., No where on this list does .pps appear. Without the .pps
the slide show will not start on someone elses computer when sent through
email! Help Please

[Michael Koerner]

Have you scrolled down to the bottom of the list in the File Save As
Options. "PowerPoint Show .pps" is after PowerPoint template .pot

Make sure you have all the patches and updates installed for your version.
If it still does not appear, then do a detect and repair and see if that
does not help.

In the meantime, you can always just save your presentation as a
"Presentation .ppt" then change the .ppt extension to.pps. the only
difference is how they open.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

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[Bill Bartlett]

I have two computers running PowerPoint viewer 3 & 7. both XP SP2. I use
LiveMail on both machines, but get the same results with MSN mail or outlook
express. One computer reads PPT files in Email and the other won't. Both read
PPTs out of any folder. The computer that won't read out of mail has a bluish
icon and the other computer has the normal orange icon. I can drag the the
PPT file from the mail to the desktop to and the file opens fine. Both
computer have Works 8.5
NOTE: address mailto:joh...@online.microsoft. doesn't work
Bill

[Steve Rindsberg]

In article <B0E4F4EC-3877-4FB7...@microsoft.com>, Bill Bartlett
wrote:

Most of us who spend any time here use munged email addresses. To do anything
else is to invite spam by the trailerload.

Besides, the idea is to keep the discussion here, not in private email, so all
can contribute if they know answers or learn if they don't.

Most likely it's a security setting in your email software that prevents
potentially evil files from running when you doubleclick them in your email
program.

I guess it imposes a certain level of protection if you're forced to think about
it by making you copy the file to a folder someplace before you're allowed to
run it.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

[louder]

Here it is nearly Christmas of 2007. Before I reformatted my hard drive a
microsoft Outlook express e-mail pps attachment would open with pps Viewer.
I now have the latest version of Outlook Express and pps Viewer 2007
(recently downloaded) and I have this same problem. I have to store the
attached pps file in another location and open it with pps. I would think
that these incompatiblities would have been resolved over a two or three year
time period.

louderscheid

[Steve Rindsberg]

As far as I know (I don't use Outlook or OE), this isn't an incompatibility, it's a
deliberate "security" feature, as far as MS is concerned.

But (since I don't use Outlook or OE) there may be some way of overriding it.

Let's see if anyone has any bright ideas.

[Kathy]

I am also against the wall. I reinstalled my xp windows, due to computer
problems. Now I can not re-download trial Microsoft Power Point though I
called the numbers listed and they gave other numbers. None so far helped, I
had even save Power Point I thought to CD, but apparently I didn't. I have
the temporary key number, but before it will allow me to enter says I am
outated. I only downloaded trial from microst site Oct. 20th. I am clueless
what to do now.
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Have a blessed day!

[Kathy]

I downloaded from Microsoft sight Power Point trial. I was sent email with
key # that allowed me to finish download. I used Power Point for a
presentation I needed to do. Afer I re-did my computer by totally taking out
everything and re-installing XP Windows. Now I can't figure out how to
re-install Power Point that was originally the trial installed on Oct. 20,
2008. I keep getting a statement on trying that I am pass my 60 days, and
can not re-download trial.

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Have a blessed day!

""John Langhans [MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I might have missed this from your previous posts... but....
>
> What is application you use for viewing/reading your e-mail?
> What is your e-mail provider?
>
> We REALLY want to get to the root cause of the problem you are experiencing
> and having this additional information would help our testers reproduce the
> problem you are experiencing.
>
> Thanks,
>

[LVTravel]

"Kathy" <Ka...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Kathy, while not absolutely sure, I think that the key for the trial is a
one-time use key and can only be used one time to activate the trial version
of the software. You probably are out of luck unless you download another
copy and new key.

[blackheath]

Its no use holding out hope for Word 2007/Powerpoint as that doesn't work
either.
I save .pps on the Desktop and open it from within Powerpoint.
The "help" function for "opening .pps attachment in Window Mail while
running Windows Vista" doesn't work either!

[Biesmans@discussions.microsoft.com Marco Biesmans]

The same problem (still) excist in Viast Home premium and windows mail and
ppviewer2003. I still have to save the files first to the harddrive and open
them from ther. (not an nice workaround)

Marco Biesmans (USA-Fl (english) / NL (dutch)

[Jean-Pierre Forestier [MVP[]

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