Whenever I click on a pps file, I get a message stating that "filename.pps"
is not a valid windows32 application. If I right click on the file, the file
associations are correct. The only way I can seem to open a pps file is from
the PowerPoint application itself. It doesn't seem to matter whether the
file is an attachment to an email or standalone in a folder or on the
desktop. I'm working with Office 97.

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:07:00 -0400, TLoewenberg wrote:
> Whenever I click on a pps file, I get a message stating that "filename.pps"
> is not a valid windows32 application. If I right click on the file, the file

> associations are correct. The only way I can seem to open a pps file is from

> the PowerPoint application itself. It doesn't seem to matter whether the
> file is an attachment to an email or standalone in a folder or on the
> desktop. I'm working with Office 97.

If I recall, pps files are the PowerPoint Shows, correct? It is the PPT
files that are native PowerPoint. Sounds like these are actual PowerPoint
files incorrectly named with a pps extension.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:24:00 -0400, Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> I don't think that's the problem; Presentations and Shows are identical
> files; the only difference *is* the extension, at least through PPT 2003.
> Things change in 2007.

You sure? Because if you had a PPT with linked items versus embedded, you'd
have to get it packaged up for others. Hmm, maybe the application just did
the embedding for you?