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I have spent an hour trying to get this issue resolved with no luck.
My dad uses Outlook Express for his mail program. He can not open a .pps file from the email. When he clicks on the attachment he get the message:
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create and association in the folder options control panel."
I have double and triple checked file asso and everything is as it should be.
Now the strange thing is if he saves the file on his his computer, it opens right up with no problems. It's only trying to open it from email that he has the issue.
Any suggestions as to what I can do to fix this?
He's running WinXP home edition service pk 3, Outlook Express 6 and has Powerpoint Viewer 2007 (I also tried Powerpoint 2003 with no diff)
Thanks in advance.
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Here I thought I was being soooo good including all the info in the body of the post, it never occured to me to be as precise in the title. Sorry.
BTW, it worked. Many thanks!
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