outlook express

[Guest]

When ever I receive e-mail through outlook express with a attachment whose
extension is .PPS. I cannot open the attachment, the message error is " This
file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
Create an association in the folder options control panel. I tried this and
the only option I had was PPS.server class server, and this did not work.
Can some one help me?

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[Guest]

Hi big_m,

The PPS attachment is probably a PowerPoint file. You can download
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&DisplayLang=en
Once d/loaded and installed, you should then be able to view those
attachments.



Regards,

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

As Patti said, you need to install the viewer (if you don't have PowerPoint installed) first. Also, there is a known issue about opening ..PPS attachments directly from Outlook Express. See here for a fix.

Unable to open .PPS 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


When ever I receive e-mail through outlook express with a attachment whose
extension is .PPS. I cannot open the attachment, the message error is " This
file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
Create an association in the folder options control panel. I tried this and
the only option I had was PPS.server class server, and this did not work.
Can some one help me?

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[Guest]

Patty I downloaded the power point file you mentioned and installed it, but I
was not able to open the attachment on outlook express. Then I followed
Ramesh information in which he said that there was a problem with tryng to
open a PPS file directly from outlook express and that I should apply a fix
and guess what now it work. Thanks to both of you.
My last question is does this apply to me.
"To specify a download install location (for network administrators):
On the Start menu, click Run, and type command.
Navigate to the path of the installed PPViewer.exe program.
Type ppviewer.exe /c:“msiexec /i ppviewer.msi INSTALLLOCATION=c:\targetâ€
where c:\target is the installation directory.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation."
I'm not part of a network.
That is it again thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that additional info. I was unaware of that issue, probably
because I had not yet encountered it.



Regards,

 

[Guest]

You're welcome

No, the "To specify a download install location (for network
administrators)" would not apply to you.



Regards,

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome for the info, Patti.

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Regards,

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


Thanks for that additional info. I was unaware of that issue, probably
because I had not yet encountered it.



Regards,