Can't Open PPS Files by Clicking

[TLoewenberg]

Whenever I click on a pps file, I get a message stating that "filename.pps"
is not a valid windows32 application. If I right click on the file, the file
associations are correct. The only way I can seem to open a pps file is from
the PowerPoint application itself. It doesn't seem to matter whether the
file is an attachment to an email or standalone in a folder or on the
desktop. I'm working with Office 97.

 

[Tim Murray]

Whenever I click on a pps file, I get a message stating that "filename.pps"
is not a valid windows32 application. If I right click on the file, the file

associations are correct. The only way I can seem to open a pps file is from

the PowerPoint application itself. It doesn't seem to matter whether the
file is an attachment to an email or standalone in a folder or on the
desktop. I'm working with Office 97.

If I recall, pps files are the PowerPoint Shows, correct? It is the PPT
files that are native PowerPoint. Sounds like these are actual PowerPoint
files incorrectly named with a pps extension.

 

[Tim Murray]

I don't think that's the problem; Presentations and Shows are identical
files; the only difference *is* the extension, at least through PPT 2003.
Things change in 2007.

You sure? Because if you had a PPT with linked items versus embedded, you'd
have to get it packaged up for others. Hmm, maybe the application just did
the embedding for you?