Visio drawings in powerpoint presentation : server application, source file, or item can't be found.

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cdeminguine

Hi,

I have freshly reinstalled my windows xp SP2 (french) computer with
office pro 2003 SP2 and Visio 2003 SP2 using my msdn subscription. The
installation process went smoothly. However, since then, i've lost the
ability to edit or open visio objects from powerpoint document. When i
select insert|object|visio drawing (french translation), it does not
work neither.
The following error message is displayed :
"server application, source file, or item can't be found..."

Strangely, when i use Word, it works perfectly.
If i copy/paste as a visio object a visio drawing into powerpoint, it
works ; however, if i need to edit or re-open the drawing, i've got the
same error message.
I do not use NortonAV or any antivirus (it is a fresh install... for
now).
It is rather annoying because i have a lot of powerpoint presentations
with visio objects that i cannot edit anymore.

Any ideas are welcome!

Christopher
 
You might try reregistering Visio.

Click Start, click Run and type
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio11\Visio.exe" /regserver
Here's information on the same error with other programs and PPT:
Can't edit Org Chart, Graph, Excel (error msg: "server application, source
file, or item can't be found")
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00236.htm

Maybe something there will give you some ideas.
 
hi,

Already tried that (i've done my homework on google :))). Still does
not work :(

Thanks anyway ;)

Christophe
 
Hi,

I tried to reinstall my office with our corporate version of Microsoft
Office 2003 and it still does work !!... I uninstalled acrobat
professional in order to remove ALL office plugins, but still does not
work even when my windows XP is newly installed.
Feel desesperate ;(.



Christopher
 
Hi,

I tried to reinstall my office with our corporate version of Microsoft
Office 2003 and it still does work !!... I uninstalled acrobat
professional in order to remove ALL office plugins, but still does not
work even when my windows XP is newly installed.
Feel desesperate ;(.
Click to expand...

I don't know, then. You may have to bite the bullet and call Microsoft.
 
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