Thank you Michael, but I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're asking me
to download and what file to attach. Please don't go to a lot of trouble, as
this is not a big problem.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
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So are you still having a problem, or did you eventually get it to work?

If you still have a problem, go to the end of this section:
Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...e.htm#identify

There's a utility there you can download that will let you capture the
file associations information for PPS files. Attach that file here (or
e-mail it to me) and we'll take a look at it to see what might be wrong.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Marty" wrote in message
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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

--
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?

Mike is suggesting you download the file (FileExtInfo) at this link:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

Then run the file and get the information about PPS files and attach it to
an email to him. See the attached graphic for what the program interface
looks like.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Marty" wrote in message
...
Thank you Michael, but I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're asking me
to download and what file to attach. Please don't go to a lot of trouble,
as this is not a big problem.