Boris wrote in message
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in
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Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Outlook Express using
XP/SP2 or XP/SP3:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

I used the manual method. At first, I cut and pasted the string that was
already used for Show, which was C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
\Office12\pptview.exe "%1", to Open, but that didn't work.

I examined that string carefully, and noticed that it didn't have a
quotation mark (") after .exe. I added the ", and it worked.

I did uncheck the DDE box, but when I went back to it later, I see that
the system keeps checking it and adding PPTVIEW and System to the
Application and Topic fields. But, it works fine.

Thank you.


You're welcome. Use DDE will always get rechecked. It is the action of
unchecking it once that is sometimes the fix.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA