All of a sudden, can't view powerpoint

Out of the blue, I can no longer view any powerpoint presentations sent to me
in email (I'm using Outlook Express). I have re-installed the most recent
powerpoint viewer several times and have made sure the "associations" for the
extensions (ppt, pps, etc.) are properly associated with the viewer, and they
are. I have even gone so far as to re-install vista to try and fix the
problem, but that hasn't worked either. It used to work fine, so it's quite
curious to me. If I save the file to my desktop and open it from there, it
works, but not if I try to open it up inside Outlook - I get a "this file
does not have a program associated with it..." error message.

Any suggestions?

 

I have that happen occasionally with Power point and Windows Media Player.
Usually, I just exit Windows Mail (formerly Outlook Express), then start it
up again. That takes care of it for a long time. In rare cases, I simply
reboot.


"Gking" <u52766@uwe> wrote in message news:980273d5f7a65@uwe...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Out of the blue, I can no longer view any powerpoint presentations sent to
> me
> in email (I'm using Outlook Express). I have re-installed the most recent
> powerpoint viewer several times and have made sure the "associations" for
> the
> extensions (ppt, pps, etc.) are properly associated with the viewer, and
> they
> are. I have even gone so far as to re-install vista to try and fix the
> problem, but that hasn't worked either. It used to work fine, so it's
> quite
> curious to me. If I save the file to my desktop and open it from there,
> it
> works, but not if I try to open it up inside Outlook - I get a "this file
> does not have a program associated with it..." error message.
>
> Any suggestions?
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

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"Gking" <u52766@uwe> wrote in message news:980273d5f7a65@uwe...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Out of the blue, I can no longer view any powerpoint presentations sent to me
> in email (I'm using Outlook Express). I have re-installed the most recent
> powerpoint viewer several times and have made sure the "associations" for the
> extensions (ppt, pps, etc.) are properly associated with the viewer, and they
> are. I have even gone so far as to re-install vista to try and fix the
> problem, but that hasn't worked either. It used to work fine, so it's quite
> curious to me. If I save the file to my desktop and open it from there, it
> works, but not if I try to open it up inside Outlook - I get a "this file
> does not have a program associated with it..." error message.
>
> Any suggestions?
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Outlook Express is in XP, not Vista!
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"Gking" wrote:
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Out of the blue, I can no longer view any powerpoint presentations sent to me
> in email (I'm using Outlook Express). I have re-installed the most recent
> powerpoint viewer several times and have made sure the "associations" for the
> extensions (ppt, pps, etc.) are properly associated with the viewer, and they
> are. I have even gone so far as to re-install vista to try and fix the
> problem, but that hasn't worked either. It used to work fine, so it's quite
> curious to me. If I save the file to my desktop and open it from there, it
> works, but not if I try to open it up inside Outlook - I get a "this file
> does not have a program associated with it..." error message.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Peter Foldes wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
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>> Out of the blue, I can no longer view any powerpoint presentations sent to me
>> in email (I'm using Outlook Express). I have re-installed the most recent<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
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>> Any suggestions?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

This was VERY helpful, Peter and fixed the problem. Thank you so much!!!!

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YW. Thanks for posting back and letting us know

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"Gking via WindowsKB.com" <u52766@uwe> wrote in message news:980944b946869@uwe...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Peter Foldes wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
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>>> Out of the blue, I can no longer view any powerpoint presentations sent to me
>>> in email (I'm using Outlook Express). I have re-installed the most recent<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
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>>> Any suggestions?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
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> This was VERY helpful, Peter and fixed the problem. Thank you so much!!!!
>
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