Guest NICK MEALE Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Hello!! I use XP I am having difficulty opening pps extension file emails in Outlook Express..I have downloaded Microsoft Office Power Point and installed ppviewer.exe..Under file type I see pps therein. Microsoft Office Power Point 2003 is now on the start menu..I seem to be at an impass here as I don't know how to open the pps file in Outlook Express..When I click the attachment a box says I need to go the Folder Options in control panel to find an association to this type file..I have done all that....I can find OE in the look in box but when I click OE there are no files to open...Can anyone help?...Thanks...Nick Meale -- Don't Sweat The Small Stuff Nick Meale nmeale@embarqmail.com
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Re: PPS Extensions #2 All OE does is extract the attachment from the email and then ask the system to open it. This combination of actions (extraction and opening) sometimes doesn't go as well as simply opening the file. The best practice is to save the file to a folder on your system (or the Desktop) and then locate the file and open it. Try that, then report back if you still have problems. To save attachments in OE, go to File>Save Attachments. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "NICK MEALE" <nmeale78@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:umz78O3vHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hello!! > > I use XP > > I am having difficulty opening pps extension file emails in Outlook > Express..I have downloaded Microsoft Office Power Point and installed > ppviewer.exe..Under file type I see pps therein. > Microsoft Office Power Point 2003 is now on the start menu..I seem to be > at an > impass here as I don't know how to open the pps file in Outlook > Express..When I click the attachment a box says I need to go the Folder > Options in control panel to find an association to this type file..I have > done all that....I > can find OE in the look in box but when I click OE there are no files to > open...Can anyone help?...Thanks...Nick Meale > -- > > > > Don't Sweat The Small Stuff > Nick Meale > nmeale@embarqmail.com > > >
Guest Greg T Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Re: PPS Extensions #2 In Folder Options/File Types go to the PPS extension and create a new action "Open" without quotes with the same parameters as "Show" and set it as default. If you don't have PPS in file types create a new file type...extension:PPS...file type:Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show...action/new:Open...application used to perform action:"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoint Viewer\pptview.exe" "%1"(with quotes)...use DDE...Application:pptview...Topic:system. I think that should do it. Greg T "NICK MEALE" <nmeale78@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:umz78O3vHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hello!! > > I use XP > > I am having difficulty opening pps extension file emails in Outlook > Express..I have downloaded Microsoft Office Power Point and installed > ppviewer.exe..Under file type I see pps therein. > Microsoft Office Power Point 2003 is now on the start menu..I seem to be > at an > impass here as I don't know how to open the pps file in Outlook > Express..When I click the attachment a box says I need to go the Folder > Options in control panel to find an association to this type file..I have > done all that....I > can find OE in the look in box but when I click OE there are no files to > open...Can anyone help?...Thanks...Nick Meale > -- > > > > Don't Sweat The Small Stuff > Nick Meale > nmeale@embarqmail.com > > >
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Re: PPS Extensions #2 Workaround: Save the .PPS attachment to the hard disk and then open it. Solution: Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Outlook Express?: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/ -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "NICK MEALE" <nmeale78@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:umz78O3vHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... Hello!! I use XP I am having difficulty opening pps extension file emails in Outlook Express..I have downloaded Microsoft Office Power Point and installed ppviewer.exe..Under file type I see pps therein. Microsoft Office Power Point 2003 is now on the start menu..I seem to be at an impass here as I don't know how to open the pps file in Outlook Express..When I click the attachment a box says I need to go the Folder Options in control panel to find an association to this type file..I have done all that....I can find OE in the look in box but when I click OE there are no files to open...Can anyone help?...Thanks...Nick Meale -- Don't Sweat The Small Stuff Nick Meale nmeale@embarqmail.com
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