File association for Powerpoint Viewer

[Drew]

I downloaded PowerPoint Viewer 2003 from Microsoft. I associated it with
..ppt files. It will not open a .ppt file attached to an email. It says
there is no program associated with the file. If I move the file from the
email to a folder, the ppt viewer opens it fine.

How can I get the ppt viewer to open a file attached to an email?

Thanks

Drew

 

[Newbie Coder]

Drew,

had the same thing after a time with the viewer when clicking Outlook
attachments with most of the 11, 000 machines I look after, but not immediately.
All I do is re-install the viewer & it seems to be fine

Please remember that when you click on an attachment it creates a temp copy
which it tries to open. You should always save to disk first if you trust the
source as PPT files can contain viruses

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Unable to open .PPS/.PPT attachments directly from Outlook Express?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I downloaded PowerPoint Viewer 2003 from Microsoft. I associated it with
..ppt files. It will not open a .ppt file attached to an email. It says
there is no program associated with the file. If I move the file from the
email to a folder, the ppt viewer opens it fine.

How can I get the ppt viewer to open a file attached to an email?

Thanks

Drew

 

[Plato]

I downloaded PowerPoint Viewer 2003 from Microsoft. I associated it with
.ppt files. It will not open a .ppt file attached to an email. It says
there is no program associated with the file. If I move the file from the
email to a folder, the ppt viewer opens it fine.

How can I get the ppt viewer to open a file attached to an email?

Save it to disk first then use the viewer to see the file.