message..%1 is not a valid Win32 application? the file ext is pps

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This is the message I received when trying to open an e-mail. As far as I can
see this is a Power point presentation ext and I have associated this ext
with Power point. Yet I am unable to open it. Reason ?
 
Sounds like the PPT extension association is possibly damaged. Have you
tried running a detect & repair on PowerPoint?
 
Vince thanks for the advice but I do not know how to run a detect and repair
under powerpoint. I suspect you are correct though as I sent the e-mail to my
main computer at home and no probs in opening.I've opened powerpoint and
looked at all options under that offered and I cannot find detect and repair,
I also tried shifting the file to the desktop to scrutinise but power point
will only look at the folder not the content file, it recomends outlook to
open and thus I go round in circles :)
 
Vince

Sorry for the delay..been cloistered :)

Fixed the problem by first unistalling Powerpoint, reinstalling it , then
running detct and repair, then under control panel and folder options under
the General tab, restored defaults, under the View tab, restored defaults,
and under the File Types tab, associated pps file extension with
Powerpoint..hey presto it all works. Thanks for your help.

Geoff
 
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