Am confused regarding what to download for simple power point viewer use when receiving e-mail with "pps" attachments. Will appreciate recommendations.

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Right click the file and extract all,most likely if it has an attachment its a .zip file and it needs to be extracted to associate itself with the proper program.This is one of many solutions ,would need more details to tell you anymore such as operating system,email client,web browser, etc.If the file you are trying to open is a .pps file,for example, then you would need to download the power point viewer to view it,power point is not a default program on windows operating systems.Check and see what the extension is on the file eg.(such as).exe,.zip,.jpg,etc.ok hope this helps good luck

Ill ask the obvious first, do you have Microsoft Powerpoint installed? If you dont, you can download a free PPS viewer. Just Google "PPS Viewer" , download and install it. If you do have PowerPoint, then try saving the pps file to your computer locally and try opening it? Please always post your questions with as much details as you can. What email client are you using? Gmail, Yahoo, Thunderbird, Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, etc. Its hard to answer questions with hardly any info. Thanks!

Google "powerpoint viewer"
Download and install.
You should now be able to view PPS files.

If this helps please vote for my solution.

Right click on the file and go to open with then select the Powerpoint Viewer 2007 and check the box making it the default.

Right click on a pps file you have, choose Properties and check Opens With to see that Power Point Viewer is the default program to open it with.If it's not PPT Viewer use the change button to change the default.

>i found this only for PPS file not opening from windows mail but open fine once we save it , try this only for power point files For .PPS files (Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow)

• Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
• Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPowerPointViewer.SlideShow.11shellShow

• Right-click Show and click Rename
• Type the word Open so that Show is replaced by Open command
• If you have PowerPoint Viewer 2007 installed, repeat the above steps in this key, as well:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPowerPointViewer.SlideShow.12shellShow

• After changing Show to Open, close Registry Editor window.

For .PPT files (Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation)

• Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
• Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPowerPointViewer.Show.11shellShow

• Right-click Show and click Rename
• Type the word Open so that Show is replaced by Open command
• If you have PowerPoint Viewer 2007 installed, repeat the above steps in this key, as well:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPowerPointViewer.Show.12shellShow

• After changing Show to Open, close Registry Editor window.

Screenshot (Fig 1) Show is renamed as Open

From windows mail choose Options Then Security Tab. You can change some security behavior here for allowing viewing of attachements, however it will only work for certain file types. Others are prohibited regardless. IT's a measure Microsfot feels is protecting folks forcing them to save the file then open it. This allows Antivirus programs to fully scan the file before use. But it's fairly impractical.

If you get frustrated with WM, you might try Thunderbird from Mozilla.com Its free and far more flexible and robust than WM.

Good

Go to the internet and search for Power Point Viewer. I believe that Office standard doesn't come with Powerpoint either that or the *.pps file type doesn't have powerpoint as the program to start it.

Not sure, try downloading Power Point Viewer instead:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en