windows powerpoint needed to open attachment? help!

[pml1023]

In windows mail, vista 32 bit, when I go to open an attachment, it comes back
to saying powerpoint can't read it.....How can I change which program (not
powerporint) to read the attachment?

thanks in advance

 

[Richard in AZ]

In windows mail, vista 32 bit, when I go to open an attachment, it comes back
to saying powerpoint can't read it.....How can I change which program (not
powerporint) to read the attachment?

thanks in advance

Was the attachment a PowerPoint file?
Was the attachment a PowerPoint file created by PowerPoint 2007?
Do you have PowerPoint 2007 or an earlier version?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

What type of attachment is it?

 

[Rainald Taesler]

In windows mail, vista 32 bit, when I go to open an attachment, it
comes back to saying powerpoint can't read it.....How can I change
which program (not powerporint) to read the attachment?

I'm sorry, but I do not really understand what you are after :-( :-(

Does the attached file have the extension PPT wir PPS?
You'll see this if you left-clock in the attachment icon in the preview
(paper clip).

If so you need either PowerPoint installed or the "PowerPoint Viewer"
(free download from the MS Office website).
Do you have one if these (or both)?

Rainald
P.S. Did you ask the sender what type of thing he attached?