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Mike Baribeau
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I have both emailed myself pps and posted it to a yahoo group file and
when downloading from either location the extension gets changed to
ppt. Below is MS ecxplaination but their solution but requires making
changes with the server. Is there anything I can do from my own
computer? Will this happen to everyone I email this to or just those
with MS Office?
MikeLeeB
PowerPoint Show (*.pps) file copies as a PowerPoint (.ppt) file from an
IIS Web server
View products that this article applies to.
Article ID : 326736
Last Review : January 26, 2005
Revision : 2.2
This article was previously published under Q326736
SYMPTOMS
When you try to download a PowerPoint Show (.pps) file from an Internet
Information Server (IIS) server, you may receive a PowerPoint
Presentation (.ppt) file instead of a .pps file.
NOTE: This problem only occurs on computers that have Microsoft Office
installed.
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CAUSE
This problem can occur because there is no registered Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type for .pps files on either the IIS
server or on the client computer. Because PowerPoint SlideShow (*.pps)
files are associated with PowerPoint only by their file name extension,
and not a separate MIME type, Microsoft Internet Explorer processes the
file as a standard PowerPoint (*.ppt) file. Therefore, you are prompted
with a .ppt extension when you save the file instead of a .pps
extension.
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WORKAROUND
To correct this problem, create a new MIME type on the IIS server that
is specific for .pps files. To do this: 1. In IIS Administrative
Console snap-in, right-click the specific Web server where the .pps
file is located, and then click Properties.
2. Click the HTTP Headers tab.
3. Click the File Types button.
4. Click New Type.
5. In the Extension box, type .pps, and then in the Content type (MIME)
box, type application/vnd.ms-pps.
6. Click OK, and then restart IIS.
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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft
products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
I have both emailed myself pps and posted it to a yahoo group file and
when downloading from either location the extension gets changed to
ppt. Below is MS ecxplaination but their solution but requires making
changes with the server. Is there anything I can do from my own
computer? Will this happen to everyone I email this to or just those
with MS Office?
MikeLeeB
PowerPoint Show (*.pps) file copies as a PowerPoint (.ppt) file from an
IIS Web server
View products that this article applies to.
Article ID : 326736
Last Review : January 26, 2005
Revision : 2.2
This article was previously published under Q326736
SYMPTOMS
When you try to download a PowerPoint Show (.pps) file from an Internet
Information Server (IIS) server, you may receive a PowerPoint
Presentation (.ppt) file instead of a .pps file.
NOTE: This problem only occurs on computers that have Microsoft Office
installed.
Back to the top
CAUSE
This problem can occur because there is no registered Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type for .pps files on either the IIS
server or on the client computer. Because PowerPoint SlideShow (*.pps)
files are associated with PowerPoint only by their file name extension,
and not a separate MIME type, Microsoft Internet Explorer processes the
file as a standard PowerPoint (*.ppt) file. Therefore, you are prompted
with a .ppt extension when you save the file instead of a .pps
extension.
Back to the top
WORKAROUND
To correct this problem, create a new MIME type on the IIS server that
is specific for .pps files. To do this: 1. In IIS Administrative
Console snap-in, right-click the specific Web server where the .pps
file is located, and then click Properties.
2. Click the HTTP Headers tab.
3. Click the File Types button.
4. Click New Type.
5. In the Extension box, type .pps, and then in the Content type (MIME)
box, type application/vnd.ms-pps.
6. Click OK, and then restart IIS.
Back to the top
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft
products that are listed at the beginning of this article.