Thanks Tim. I followed instructions from the linked page to fix it manually.
Unfortunately, it didn't work. I went back to the box where I typed the
stuff per the instructions and noticed that where I typed "Open" it showed
"&print." Also, the program name that was typed was changed slightly. So I
don't know what is going on.

But thanks again for pointing me to that page.

"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
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Hi Marty,

This is a fairly common issue. Information at the linked page should
provide
the answer.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"Marty" wrote in message
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I just got XP about six months ago. I think PPS was not one of the file
types listed under Folder Options, but PPT was. So I added a PPS type and
told it to open with the Power Point viewer.

When I get an e-mail with a .pps attachment, it won't open when I
double-click on the attachment line. I get the "Unknown file type", "No
program associated with this type of file, etc." However, if I save the
attachment, it will open from Windows Explorer.

So why won't it open by double-clicking on the e-mail attachment line?