I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag says
to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can find the
pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced button. I
click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens. How do I create
a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using Microsoft Live Mail for my
email. Thanks

Bert

"Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8E3C3A79-F238-4409-A1A1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag says
>to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can find the
>pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced button. I
>click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens. How do I create
>a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using Microsoft Live Mail for my
>email. Thanks
>
> Bert
First you have to have either PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer (PowerPoint
costs $$$, PowerPoint viewer is free from MS). If you have either one
installed, save the attachment to your hard drive. Double-click to open and
the "open with what" dialogue box should come up (unless .pps is associated
with another file, in which case right-click on it and select "Open with. .
.."). Look down the list of programs offered and see if either PP or PPV is
listed. Pick one, check the "Always use selected program . . ." box, and
click OK. From now on, you should be able to open a .pps file from within
Mail without having to save it to your hard drive.

SC Tom

To be able to create file associations you have to be logged on with
Administrator privileges.

Then open 'Folder Options' control panel, click on 'Advanced'. Then
click on the 'Open' command and the 'Edit' button (if no 'Open' command
to edit, create 'New') and browse to your PowerPoint program to make an
association.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8E3C3A79-F238-4409-A1A1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag
>says to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can
>find the pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced
>button. I click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens.
>How do I create a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using
>Microsoft Live Mail for my email. Thanks
>
> Bert

Em Terça 14 Julho 2009 00:15, Old Geaser escreveu:

> I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag says
> to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can find the
> pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced button. I
> click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens. How do I
> create a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using Microsoft Live
> Mail for my
> email. Thanks
>
> Bert

do you have powerpoint installed at all?

you might wanna try this free replacement:
www.openoffice.org

If Powerpoint is installed the association is automatic. If not see:

PowerPoint Viewer 2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8E3C3A79-F238-4409-A1A1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag says
>to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can find the
>pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced button. I
>click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens. How do I create
>a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using Microsoft Live Mail for my
>email. Thanks
>
> Bert

Well, as "Kelly" says, you could repair the association by [re]
installing the Power Point Viewer from the Microsoft Downloads Website :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8E3C3A79-F238-4409-A1A1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag
>says to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can
>find the pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced
>button. I click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens.
>How do I create a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using
>Microsoft Live Mail for my email. Thanks
>
> Bert

Well this is going to be a tough one. Thanks for all of the replies. I have
been working on this for some time.

I have PP viewer installed. In windows live email, I saved the pps email
attachment to my documents. I rt click and select open with. I click PP
viewer and there is a fast Microsoft PP pop up then instead of seeing the
picture, the Print folder comes up. It is the one where you can choose
printers and settings. I double click the document icon and same flash of
PP pop up, then the Print thing comes up. There is no place there to
select another place. I tried the folder options to create a avocation.

I did as Tim said and saw Open--It is my Jet Audio, Play is for Win. Media
player. I tried New. I had to know where the PP is installed. I cannot
find where PP is installed. I cannot find it at all on C:\ drive. When PP
is installed it automatically installs it where ever it wants, No choices.
Any ideas why the print thing comes up when I click PP Viewer?

The crazy thing about all of this is, my daughter has PP viewer and uses
Incredimail email program and when she gets a PP file, she just clicks
something and it opens. To bad windows live mail does not have it, or at
least I cannot find it. Maybe I am getting to old for this kind of thing,
but there is a lot of good PP pictures to be viewed. All help is
appreciated. Thanks

Bert


"Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8E3C3A79-F238-4409-A1A1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag says
> to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can find the
> pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced button. I
> click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens. How do I
> create a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using Microsoft Live
> Mail for my email. Thanks
>
> Bert

I found that after sending the PPS file to My Documents, I can go to Start,
All Programs, Microsoft Office Powerpoint viewer and click it . It goes to
my documents, and I can click the program and it opens. Still trying to
figure why I am getting Print Doing it the other way.

Bert

"Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news29C9FD5-1702-4D57-912D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well this is going to be a tough one. Thanks for all of the replies. I
> have been working on this for some time.
>
> I have PP viewer installed. In windows live email, I saved the pps email
> attachment to my documents. I rt click and select open with. I click PP
> viewer and there is a fast Microsoft PP pop up then instead of seeing the
> picture, the Print folder comes up. It is the one where you can choose
> printers and settings. I double click the document icon and same flash of
> PP pop up, then the Print thing comes up. There is no place there to
> select another place. I tried the folder options to create a avocation.
>
> I did as Tim said and saw Open--It is my Jet Audio, Play is for Win. Media
> player. I tried New. I had to know where the PP is installed. I cannot
> find where PP is installed. I cannot find it at all on C:\ drive. When
> PP is installed it automatically installs it where ever it wants, No
> choices. Any ideas why the print thing comes up when I click PP Viewer?
>
> The crazy thing about all of this is, my daughter has PP viewer and uses
> Incredimail email program and when she gets a PP file, she just clicks
> something and it opens. To bad windows live mail does not have it, or at
> least I cannot find it. Maybe I am getting to old for this kind of thing,
> but there is a lot of good PP pictures to be viewed. All help is
> appreciated. Thanks
>
> Bert
>
>
> "Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8E3C3A79-F238-4409-A1A1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag says
>> to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can find
>> the pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced
>> button. I click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens. How
>> do I create a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using Microsoft
>> Live Mail for my email. Thanks
>>
>> Bert
>

The association is incorrect. Open Windows Explorer. Click on Tools, Folder
Options, File Types. Scroll down to and click on PPS. In the Details at the
bottom, it should say "Opens with: Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer."

If it does, click on Advanced. Under Actions, it should list "open".
Highlight "open" and click on edit. In the "Application used to perform
action" box should be the path to PPV; i.e. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\PowerPoint Viewer\PPTVIEW.EXE" "%1" Be sure it says "%1" at the end.
The "Use DDE" box should be checked, Application should say PPTVIEW, and
Topic says System. OK out to Explorer.

If anything else is listed besides "open" in the Advanced setting (it may
list "print" or "show"), highlight "open" and click on "Set default" on the
right side of the window. OK out to Explorer.

Now when you double-click on the attachment, PowerPoint Viewer should open
the file.

SC Tom



"Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1F1EB5FB-127E-41EC-A424-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I found that after sending the PPS file to My Documents, I can go to Start,
>All Programs, Microsoft Office Powerpoint viewer and click it . It goes to
>my documents, and I can click the program and it opens. Still trying to
>figure why I am getting Print Doing it the other way.
>
> Bert
>
> "Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news29C9FD5-1702-4D57-912D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Well this is going to be a tough one. Thanks for all of the replies. I
>> have been working on this for some time.
>>
>> I have PP viewer installed. In windows live email, I saved the pps email
>> attachment to my documents. I rt click and select open with. I click PP
>> viewer and there is a fast Microsoft PP pop up then instead of seeing the
>> picture, the Print folder comes up. It is the one where you can choose
>> printers and settings. I double click the document icon and same flash
>> of PP pop up, then the Print thing comes up. There is no place there to
>> select another place. I tried the folder options to create a avocation.
>>
>> I did as Tim said and saw Open--It is my Jet Audio, Play is for Win.
>> Media player. I tried New. I had to know where the PP is installed. I
>> cannot find where PP is installed. I cannot find it at all on C:\ drive.
>> When PP is installed it automatically installs it where ever it wants, No
>> choices. Any ideas why the print thing comes up when I click PP Viewer?
>>
>> The crazy thing about all of this is, my daughter has PP viewer and uses
>> Incredimail email program and when she gets a PP file, she just clicks
>> something and it opens. To bad windows live mail does not have it, or at
>> least I cannot find it. Maybe I am getting to old for this kind of
>> thing, but there is a lot of good PP pictures to be viewed. All help is
>> appreciated. Thanks
>>
>> Bert
>>
>>
>> "Old Geaser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:8E3C3A79-F238-4409-A1A1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I receive PPS (Powerpoint slide) email and when I click open, a flag
>>> says to create an association in Control panel\Folder options. I can
>>> find the pps file there in file types and and it says to click advanced
>>> button. I click I think it was save as default. Nothing happens.
>>> How do I create a association for opening Powerpoint? I am using
>>> Microsoft Live Mail for my email. Thanks
>>>
>>> Bert
>>

It looks like I have every thing working now. I can open the pps files in
the email program without moving to another place. (Thanks to file
association fix). I can move it to another location and click open with.
(Also a file association fix) I can open a file using Start/All
programs/Microsoft PP, What more could I ask for? Thanks a million for all
of the help. Who say's I'm to old to learn something new. Thanks

Bert




"SC Tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The association is incorrect. Open Windows Explorer. Click on Tools,
> Folder Options, File Types. Scroll down to and click on PPS. In the
> Details at the bottom, it should say "Opens with: Microsoft PowerPoint
> Viewer."
>
> If it does, click on Advanced. Under Actions, it should list "open".
> Highlight "open" and click on edit. In the "Application used to perform
> action" box should be the path to PPV; i.e. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\PowerPoint Viewer\PPTVIEW.EXE" "%1" Be sure it says "%1" at the
> end. The "Use DDE" box should be checked, Application should say PPTVIEW,
> and Topic says System. OK out to Explorer.
>
> If anything else is listed besides "open" in the Advanced setting (it may
> list "print" or "show"), highlight "open" and click on "Set default" on
> the right side of the window. OK out to Explorer.
>
> Now when you double-click on the attachment, PowerPoint Viewer should open
> the file.
>
> SC Tom
>
>
>