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re: cant open emailed .ppt files Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:40 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8786 messages posted) Inability to download and install things is a common indicator of a malware infection. Try in safe mode and see if it helps. On Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:30 pm, ivan wrote: >cant open emailed .ppt files. Cant download and install anything- Even from microsoft! >I wish I had not bought W7 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cant open emailed .ppt files Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 8:43 am Posted by Mozark (255 messages posted) It may not be malware- I had the same problem with a guy I set up his HP OEM pc. If you are trying to start it up from the email directly, try downloading the file to documents folder and then running it. The Live Mail usually will not run directly as a matter of email attachment safety ( I had the same thing happen on his PC with .pps /slide show file) If you want to run it from email you need to download & install the PowerPoint viewer and associate it, or you need to manually open it up (with " Open with.. choose program " command and associate by actually navigating to the Office (if it's installed obviously) and find the actual power Point or viewer program to associate it. It was frustrating for me to figure that one out as the viewer program did not show up in the actual " choose program type" to associate it with. nor did it not give me a choice when going to Folder Options & selecting it from the bulging list of file extensions. Yes sir, Microsoft made it difficult to figure out. Hope this helps [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 7 Discussion Forum