Windows 7: Opening .pps attachment

On Windows XP a .pps attachment will open directly from the Outlook 2007 email because i have Powerpoint installed. On Windows 7 the .pps will not open directly from the attachment (with Powerpoint installed) received in the Hotmail account, so i have to open Powerpoint and then go to the attachment and it will open. Attachments show a message and how i`ve set it to open in Windows Media Player. Is there something else that should be set especially for Windows 7 to open .pps directly as it does on Windows XP. ?

why would you set a power point file to open with Windows Media Player? Thats like trying to open a movie clip with MS Word.

What you want to do is set to open with Power Point. If it doesn't give you the option to set it to Power Point or browse for a program, you need to save the file, then open it normally. If it won't open that way, you need to right click the file, click properties, and then change the default file association. Once again, it needs to be set to Power Point. Windows Media Player is only for movies, music, and pictures.

Welcome to Seven Forums jameson. This small registry change should do it:

For .PPS files

Start> Type regedit and press ENTER

Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.11 \ shell \ Show

Right-click Show and click Rename

Type the word Open so that Show is replaced by Open

You may have to repeat the above steps in this key, as well:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.12 \ shell \ Show

After changing Show to Open, close Registry Editor window.

See if that works for you. A Guy

Well to answer your question "why would you set a power point file to open with Windows Media Player?"-answer-clearly because i didn`t know, that`s why i asked the question.! To get to the real thing, I saved the file and right click>properties but there is no provision in there to set it to power point in Windows 7, but there is in Windows XP.

Right click the file, click properties. You will see Opens with: XXXXX. Next to that you will see a button that says "Change". Click it.

Thank You. I went into "K_KEYclasses_ROOT and found.pps which takes me to PowerPointViewer.Slideshow.8, not 11, and then shellnew, not shell, but don`t know from there. Am i on the right track?

Yes that`s right, but as i said in my post 4, there`s no provision in there to change it to powerpoint.

Click browse. On my computer it takes me directly to program files, but if you on a 64-bit computer you will likely need to go the C:, then Program Files (x86). Then go to Microsoft Ofiice, then Offixe1X (X being any number). Scroll down and double click Power Point (may read "POWERPNT").

Scroll much farther down to the key I mentioned, PowerPointViewer, not the file type near the top. A Guy

A Guy, if this person doesn't even know how to associate a file with the proper program than he doesn't need to be messing around in the registry. Even I get nervous doing it, and I know my way around it pretty well. It is very easy for someone who has no clue what they are doing to really screw something up.