Opening a PPS file

Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click on it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then, it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks about .PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

They are both PowerPoint files. The PPS extension tells PowerPoint to open
the file in Show Mode. It sounds like your file association with PPS files
is lost. Check out this link for information:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00268.htm

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it
will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click on
it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it
can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then, it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks about
..PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

It sounds like your file association for PPS hasn't been setup. See
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm for how to take care of that
quickly.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click on it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then, it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks about .PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

Hi Bill,

thanks for your reply.

I have a problem with the soution, since if I open Windows Explorer and go
to View, there is no OPTIONS... so I searched a little further and found
anyways what was described in the document.

I only had to conclude that everything just was set-up correctly/same way as
described in the document... so...

Ellen


"Bill Foley" wrote:

They are both PowerPoint files. The PPS extension tells PowerPoint to open
the file in Show Mode. It sounds like your file association with PPS files
is lost. Check out this link for information:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00268.htm

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it
will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click on
it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it
can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then, it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks about
..PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

Hi Sonia,

thanks also for your reply, but I am not able to follow the instructions for
some reason. This is what I did:

Start/run C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\POWERPNT.EXE /regserver

and when I hit Ok, I got an error message telling me it could not find
C:\program SO I selected the path, by using the browsing option and seems
the " " were missing in the document with the solution.

Anyway, this solution did not solve my issue. since I still can not open
the PPS/PPT file from outlook Express..

Thanks,
Ellen



"Sonia" wrote:

It sounds like your file association for PPS hasn't been setup. See
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm for how to take care of that
quickly.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click on it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then, it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks about .PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

Depending on the version of Windows, the "Options" might be under the
"Tools" menu (actually called "Folder Options"). Click the "File Types"
Tab, scroll down and see if you have "PPS - Microsoft PowerPoint SlideShow"
listed. If not, you will need to add this file association. If you do,
then you might need to "Edit" it.

The reason the fix you posted on Sonia's suggestion might not have worked is
the version of PowerPoint you are using. The info posted was based on
PowerPoint XP (2002). The path to your PowerPoint executable file might be
different.

Which version of PowerPoint do you have?

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi Bill,

thanks for your reply.

I have a problem with the soution, since if I open Windows Explorer and go
to View, there is no OPTIONS... so I searched a little further and found
anyways what was described in the document.

I only had to conclude that everything just was set-up correctly/same way
as
described in the document... so...

Ellen


"Bill Foley" wrote:

They are both PowerPoint files. The PPS extension tells PowerPoint to
open
the file in Show Mode. It sounds like your file association with PPS
files
is lost. Check out this link for information:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00268.htm

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it
will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click
on
it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it
can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then,
it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks
about
..PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

What version of PowerPoint are you running? What version of Windows?

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi Sonia,

thanks also for your reply, but I am not able to follow the instructions for
some reason. This is what I did:

Start/run C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\POWERPNT.EXE /regserver

and when I hit Ok, I got an error message telling me it could not find
C:\program SO I selected the path, by using the browsing option and seems
the " " were missing in the document with the solution.

Anyway, this solution did not solve my issue. since I still can not open
the PPS/PPT file from outlook Express..

Thanks,
Ellen



"Sonia" wrote:

It sounds like your file association for PPS hasn't been setup. See
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm for how to take care of that
quickly.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it
will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click on
it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it
can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then, it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks about
..PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

Hi Bill,

I have following version:
Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 SP3, Dutch language

Thanks to the exercise given by Sonia, Powerpoint sure open's much faster.
~Big Smile~ So I was wondering if I could do the same for Microsoft Word??

Anyway I have rebooted since prior postings and followed the checks pointing
out in your posting again. For .PPS file there was no OPEN section, so I
added it.
For PPT files there was.

Once I checked the pointed mentioned in the article, I emailed to myself 2
files, 1 with PPT extension and one with PPS extension. And After
double-clicking on then in Outlook Express, the file got displayed.
Yessssssssssssssssss!

Thanks soo much to both of you!

Appreciate your help a lot!

Ellen

"Bill Foley" wrote:

Depending on the version of Windows, the "Options" might be under the
"Tools" menu (actually called "Folder Options"). Click the "File Types"
Tab, scroll down and see if you have "PPS - Microsoft PowerPoint SlideShow"
listed. If not, you will need to add this file association. If you do,
then you might need to "Edit" it.

The reason the fix you posted on Sonia's suggestion might not have worked is
the version of PowerPoint you are using. The info posted was based on
PowerPoint XP (2002). The path to your PowerPoint executable file might be
different.

Which version of PowerPoint do you have?

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi Bill,

thanks for your reply.

I have a problem with the soution, since if I open Windows Explorer and go
to View, there is no OPTIONS... so I searched a little further and found
anyways what was described in the document.

I only had to conclude that everything just was set-up correctly/same way
as
described in the document... so...

Ellen


"Bill Foley" wrote:

They are both PowerPoint files. The PPS extension tells PowerPoint to
open
the file in Show Mode. It sounds like your file association with PPS
files
is lost. Check out this link for information:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00268.htm

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it
will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click
on
it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it
can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then,
it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks
about
..PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

Hi Sonia,

me again. Please see my reply to Bill. Problem is solved as far as I can
tell!

Thanks so much for your help and patience!
Ellen

"Sonia" wrote:

What version of PowerPoint are you running? What version of Windows?

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi Sonia,

thanks also for your reply, but I am not able to follow the instructions for
some reason. This is what I did:

Start/run C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\POWERPNT.EXE /regserver

and when I hit Ok, I got an error message telling me it could not find
C:\program SO I selected the path, by using the browsing option and seems
the " " were missing in the document with the solution.

Anyway, this solution did not solve my issue. since I still can not open
the PPS/PPT file from outlook Express..

Thanks,
Ellen



"Sonia" wrote:

It sounds like your file association for PPS hasn't been setup. See
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm for how to take care of that
quickly.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application or... it
will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I double-click on
it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so, that it
can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it then, it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks about
..PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen

Our pleasure!

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi Bill,

I have following version:
Microsoft Powerpoint 2002 SP3, Dutch language

Thanks to the exercise given by Sonia, Powerpoint sure open's much faster.
~Big Smile~ So I was wondering if I could do the same for Microsoft Word??

Anyway I have rebooted since prior postings and followed the checks
pointing
out in your posting again. For .PPS file there was no OPEN section, so I
added it.
For PPT files there was.

Once I checked the pointed mentioned in the article, I emailed to myself
2
files, 1 with PPT extension and one with PPS extension. And After
double-clicking on then in Outlook Express, the file got displayed.
Yessssssssssssssssss!

Thanks soo much to both of you!

Appreciate your help a lot!

Ellen

"Bill Foley" wrote:

Depending on the version of Windows, the "Options" might be under the
"Tools" menu (actually called "Folder Options"). Click the "File Types"
Tab, scroll down and see if you have "PPS - Microsoft PowerPoint
SlideShow"
listed. If not, you will need to add this file association. If you do,
then you might need to "Edit" it.

The reason the fix you posted on Sonia's suggestion might not have
worked is
the version of PowerPoint you are using. The info posted was based on
PowerPoint XP (2002). The path to your PowerPoint executable file might
be
different.

Which version of PowerPoint do you have?

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi Bill,

thanks for your reply.

I have a problem with the soution, since if I open Windows Explorer
and go
to View, there is no OPTIONS... so I searched a little further and
found
anyways what was described in the document.

I only had to conclude that everything just was set-up correctly/same
way
as
described in the document... so...

Ellen


"Bill Foley" wrote:

They are both PowerPoint files. The PPS extension tells PowerPoint
to
open
the file in Show Mode. It sounds like your file association with
PPS
files
is lost. Check out this link for information:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00268.htm

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm

"poespas" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

normally when you receive a attachment in Outlook Express and you
double-click on it, it gets opened with the right application
or... it
will
ask you for the application.

I am having Windows XP Home Edition and never have been able to
open
correctly a Powerpoint File from Outlook Express. When I
double-click
on
it,
it try to open the file, it tells me after a 30 seconds or so,
that it
can't
open the file since it is not a .PPT file.

Now if I save it to my C:-Drive, open Powerpoint and retrieve it
then,
it
works file.
Now I just noticed that the difference is the extention of the
file.
Received file = .PPS file and the Help section of Powerpoint talks
about
..PPT
file.

If I am correct, both are powerpoint files...

Any advice in this matter is welcome!

Best regards,
Ellen