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Summary: PPS files are PowerPoint presentations and you'll need a compatible viewer to view them. You may also need to create or repair the PPS file association

Since installing Windows XP SP2, I have been unable to open .pps files. Short of downloading Open Office which carries a .pps access is there any other way of regaining this access.

PPS files are created by Microsoft Office PowerPoint. PPS files are a common distribution form for PowerPoint presentations and slide shows.

Since you indicated that SP2 broke this, I'll assume that this was working at some point.

The first question is, do you have PowerPoint? If so, running Microsoft Office's Setup and selecting Repair should do it. If you have the PowerPoint viewer installed, then it may also have a repair option on its Setup. Either can be accessed through Control Panel, Add/Remove programs.

If you have neither of those, you can certainly download Microsoft's free PowerPoint Viewer.

And finally, if you have PowerPoint or its viewer installed, you may only need to re-assign the "pps" association. This article: How do I make something other than "Picture and FAX Viewer" the default for viewing pictures? discusses the steps to associate a ".jpg" file with a graphics program. Use the same steps to associate ".pps" with PowerPoint or with the PowerPoint Viewer.

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Article 942 | Posted December 22, 2004

Recent Comments

After reading your article I have downloaded microsofts Power Point Vieuwer and it works as a charm. Thanks very much. I have XP 2nd etiton.

Posted by: Adelheid at January 28, 2008 01:22 AM

I have a pps document that I created, I insert music on it. I burned in a CD to give it away and now the music is now playing for whatever strange reason, can you please give a rough idea of how to do a pps file and why is it that the music is not playing?

Posted by: silvia at March 5, 2008 07:03 AM

I have trouble getting the pps fil to come up I get to the point where is askes me if I want to open and I say yes, and then nothing more happens only a green screen comes up.

Posted by: joy arquette at March 23, 2008 03:30 PM

Dear Leo, I have been getting pps files that I could not read. I searched "PPS" and found you! Great information. I have Vista, did what you said to do with the FREE download and now can enjoy some great e-mails. THANKS, KATHY

Posted by: Kathy at May 3, 2008 07:37 AM

My OS is vista.How do I view pps files on my email?

Posted by: Raymond at August 7, 2008 12:17 AM

When I open PPS files sent to me in email's, sometimes I got an error message. It turned out that I was trying to open a link. Each sender was forwarding (?)the email, and when I finally got to the last link it opened. I stumbled on this by almost by accident. Something to look for.

Posted by: David Sorge at August 10, 2008 08:50 PM

How to insert music to a pps document and play it correctly?

Posted by: zohir ben at August 14, 2008 05:52 AM

PowerPoint Viewer was indeed the answer. Thanks Leo!

Posted by: celia mayer at September 11, 2008 11:13 PM

I HAVE MANY PPS FILES. MOST IN A SLIDE SHOW. HOW CAN I COPY ONE OR ALL THE PICTURES IN A PPS FILE TO MY PICASA PROGRAM. I WAS TOLD YOU CAN RT. CLICK ON TO PHOTO, AND GET A SEND TO BOX ETC. I DON'T GET THIS OPTION.

Posted by: JOE PETERS SR at September 13, 2008 08:52 AM

How can I save the pps slides into a place I can display on my desktop/screen saver? I have a pps document that I created, I insert music on it. I burned in a CD to give it away and now the music is now playing for whatever strange reason, can you please give a rough idea of how to do a pps file and why is it that the music is not playing?

Posted by: rameshwari at September 17, 2008 04:25 AM

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