PPS files still don't work even after I created an association - what do I do?

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Please see my earlier message trying to view pps email attachment. I've installed PowerPoint Viewer 2007.I performed all tasks above but same message comes up, "This file does not have a program assiciated with it..."

I have this problem on Vista. What is the process required on Vista please.

I also cannot get this to work. When I pull up folder options via control panel PPS is listed in the file type. When I click on show I get S&how in the Action box and everything else is the same as your suggestion. Changed to &Show and no help.

Downloaded viewer. PPS file was listed, as was the whole sequence as you said it should be. Show was the default, everything was how you said it should look. But when I tried to click OK to close I got "The specified program could not be found. Make sure the file name and path are correct." Of course they are correct, they were already there!! Help!

Downloaded pps viewer, opened .exe file to install.Then when I try to view a pps file I get a message asking for my name, organizatio, and product key..I don't have one because I don't have Office, so I can't start the pps.

I fixed the .pps file extension and added open. I
now get powerpoint to open but get errors sayiing
it cannot fine the attached "Australia vissen koraal.pps" file. 1st I get power point viewer cannot find the file "documents", then I get
power point viewer cannot find the file "and",
then I get power point viewer cannot find the
file "local", then I get power point viewer cannot find the file "temporary", then I get
power point viewer cannot find the file "Internet", then I get power point viewer cannot find the file "Australia", then I get power point viewer cannot find the file "vissen", then I get power point viewer cannot find the file "koraal.pps", then after I click OK on the last one the power point viewer closes without opening anything. Can anyone help me???

THAT WAS THE BEST ANSWER TO BE AVAILABLE TO OPEN
POWER POINT (PPS) FILES FROM THE WEB THANKS

I had some trouble with getting the instructions right i guess, but I went to Ramesh's site, downloaded and ran the utility for an instant fix.
Thanks.

I had the same problem and I also had the S&how entry as the default. To fix the error, I followed the instructions as published in this article to create a new entry but I used &Open in the Action field. Now it is working fine.

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