Solve : I'm trouble again - got a question about pps. files?

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Answer» I get emails with attachments that are pps. I click to open and it says I need to set a file association. Before Vista reinstall, I had to download Microsoft Power Point Viewer 7. I did that and then when I get an email with pps., I saved it to my desktop, double clicked it and Power Point Viewer immediately opened it up. So I downloaded it again but this time when I double click where I sent it to desktop, it says the same thing, I need to set a file association. What am I doing wrong? I don't know why you're getting different behavior now than what you experienced before reinstalling Vista. Anyway, you need to set the file association. Here's a REFERENCE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?Well, soybean, I had done everything on the link you gave me, and it's just not working. When I click on the set file associations, go down to pps's, it tells me Power Point Viewer is what opens it, but it doesn't. I'm going to keep working on it as I get a lot of pps. emails and some of the pictures were awesome after I got it working before the meltdown. Thanks, though, for the help. You could try uninstalling Power Point Viewer and then reinstalling it. Okay, I will do that, however I did find SOMETHING interesting on here that my computer dude must have put on here. It's Microsoft Office Power Point Viewer 2003. The one I just installed was Microsoft Office Power Point Viewer 2007. But I can't find how to uninstall 2003. Sometimes right-clicking it has an uninstall, or you can go to Open File Location and do it there, but it only says delete it, not uninstall. If I delete it, it's really not going anywhere except from the list of programs on my start menu to Recycle Bin, which is nowhere, right? I want to know how you people know all this great stuff and I try to figure it out but I'm never right. I just continue to screw it up!Did you try going to your "Control panel", and then to "Add and REMOVE Programs" and uninstall PPV 2003 from there? Quote from: Ironman on December 30, 2009, 09:40:48 PM Did you try going to your "Control panel", and then to "Add and Remove Programs" and uninstall PPV 2003 from there? That's a good idea! Anyway, when you get more familiar with how things work, then it'll be easier. I'd try to learn how to get your computer working like you want it; after all, your using it Vista doesn't have add or remove programs. It just has Add Hardware. If it has an add or remove programs, I can't find it. I just found this - you can go to Control Panel, and click Programs and Features, and you can uninstall there. Strangely, Power Point Viewer 2003 is not on there but Power Point Viewer 2007 is. And the 2003 is on my Start Menu. ? If you have upgraded a software, the newer one will be listed in the uninstall panel. Programs and Features is the Add/Remove program in Vista. I mean, PPV 2007 you installed without uninstalling PPV 2003 first correct? PPV 2007 is therefore an UPGRADE, and probably has upgraded from 2003 to the newer version. Hence, you don't see it in the uninstall panel. I would think if that's what you did, you could uninstall PPV 2007 (probably will revert BACK to PPV 2003, else if not, you have no PPV on your computer and can reinstall PPV 2007 if that's what you want) I would install latest version because it can handle the newer file types that you might see.In the meantime... you can start powerpoint viewer and drag the pps file onto it to open them.

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I get emails with attachments that are pps. I click to open and it says I need to set a file association. Before Vista reinstall, I had to download Microsoft Power Point Viewer 7. I did that and then when I get an email with pps., I saved it to my desktop, double clicked it and Power Point Viewer immediately opened it up. So I downloaded it again but this time when I double click where I sent it to desktop, it says the same thing, I need to set a file association. What am I doing wrong?
I don't know why you're getting different behavior now than what you experienced before reinstalling Vista. Anyway, you need to set the file association. Here's a REFERENCE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?Well, soybean, I had done everything on the link you gave me, and it's just not working. When I click on the set file associations, go down to pps's, it tells me Power Point Viewer is what opens it, but it doesn't. I'm going to keep working on it as I get a lot of pps. emails and some of the pictures were awesome after I got it working before the meltdown. Thanks, though, for the help.
You could try uninstalling Power Point Viewer and then reinstalling it. Okay, I will do that, however I did find SOMETHING interesting on here that my computer dude must have put on here. It's Microsoft Office Power Point Viewer 2003. The one I just installed was Microsoft Office Power Point Viewer 2007. But I can't find how to uninstall 2003. Sometimes right-clicking it has an uninstall, or you can go to Open File Location and do it there, but it only says delete it, not uninstall. If I delete it, it's really not going anywhere except from the list of programs on my start menu to Recycle Bin, which is nowhere, right? I want to know how you people know all this great stuff and I try to figure it out but I'm never right. I just continue to screw it up!Did you try going to your "Control panel", and then to "Add and REMOVE Programs" and uninstall PPV 2003 from there? Quote from: Ironman on December 30, 2009, 09:40:48 PM

Did you try going to your "Control panel", and then to "Add and Remove Programs" and uninstall PPV 2003 from there?

That's a good idea! Anyway, when you get more familiar with how things work, then it'll be easier.

I'd try to learn how to get your computer working like you want it; after all, your using it Vista doesn't have add or remove programs. It just has Add Hardware. If it has an add or remove programs, I can't find it.
I just found this - you can go to Control Panel, and click Programs and Features, and you can uninstall there. Strangely, Power Point Viewer 2003 is not on there but Power Point Viewer 2007 is. And the 2003 is on my Start Menu. ?
If you have upgraded a software, the newer one will be listed in the uninstall panel. Programs and Features is the Add/Remove program in Vista.

I mean, PPV 2007 you installed without uninstalling PPV 2003 first correct? PPV 2007 is therefore an UPGRADE, and probably has upgraded from 2003 to the newer version. Hence, you don't see it in the uninstall panel.

I would think if that's what you did, you could uninstall PPV 2007 (probably will revert BACK to PPV 2003, else if not, you have no PPV on your computer and can reinstall PPV 2007 if that's what you want)

I would install latest version because it can handle the newer file types that you might see.In the meantime... you can start powerpoint viewer and drag the pps file onto it to open them.

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