had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68

FInd a Powerpoint file (.ppt)
Right click on it and select Open With..... then select Choose Program

select PowerPoint then check the box to always use this program.



"winddancer" wrote in message
news
had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point
slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder
options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68

sorry im not sure where to find a ppt file.the one i cant access is the only
one i know :/
--
jo68


"DGuess" wrote:

FInd a Powerpoint file (.ppt)
Right click on it and select Open With..... then select Choose Program

select PowerPoint then check the box to always use this program.



"winddancer" wrote in message
news
had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point
slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder
options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68

Was XP/SP2 reinstalled?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"winddancer" wrote in message
news
had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point
slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder
options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68

thankyou its fixed
--
jo68


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Was XP/SP2 reinstalled?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"winddancer" wrote in message
news
had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point
slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder
options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68

You're welcome. Glad to hear it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"winddancer" wrote in message
...
thankyou its fixed
--
jo68


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Was XP/SP2 reinstalled?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"winddancer" wrote in message
news
had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at
an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point
slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder
options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68

ive had to reboot my computer again :/(not impressed) i have the same
trouble with opening attachments with the PPS .i tried to do the PPS fix
download but it said PPT veiwer not found in the system.. then the window for
PPS fix comes on an it says i need to type in the full path to powerpoint
veiwer 2003 executable.i dont know why this is coming up?? sorry to be a
pain,any help plz :/
--
jo68


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Was XP/SP2 reinstalled?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"winddancer" wrote in message
news
had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point
slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder
options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68

Save the file to disk. Then do a Shift-Right click and choose Open With and
then tell it what program to open it with and check the option to always
open it with this program.

steve

"winddancer" wrote in message
...
ive had to reboot my computer again :/(not impressed) i have the same
trouble with opening attachments with the PPS .i tried to do the PPS fix
download but it said PPT veiwer not found in the system.. then the window
for
PPS fix comes on an it says i need to type in the full path to powerpoint
veiwer 2003 executable.i dont know why this is coming up?? sorry to be a
pain,any help plz :/
--
jo68


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Was XP/SP2 reinstalled?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"winddancer" wrote in message
news
had some repairs done to my computer(oh dear)..when trying to look at
an
attachment in my email it came up with a 'PPS' file (error).power point
slide
show would not work ?It said to create an association in the folder
options
control panel...im lost... any help thnx
--
jo68