NO idea, you might try uninstalling Office and the Viewer to see if that
allows access. Then Unassociated and Re-Install.

"moscreations" <moscreations.3eg3jb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:moscreations.3eg3jb@DoNotSpam.com...
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> Spirit;3930983 Wrote:
>> Use this utility to unassociated the file type. Then you can associate
>> the
>> file type as you wish. I had the same issue.
>>
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>>
>> "moscreations" <moscreations.3edh3c@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>> > I have tried to correct this problem following the instructions as
>> > given, I did change the "show" to "open" in the registry and it still
>> > won't open any pps.
>> >
>> > I have Vista and Office 2007, the association is set to open any pps
>> > with the PowerPoint Viewer.
>> >
>> > I made the change in both
>> > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.11 and
>> > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.12
>> >
>> > Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> > And by the way, the files do open when saved, but won't open when
>> > trying to open from Windows Mail.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated
>> > Thanks
>> > Mo
>> >
>> >
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> Gee whiz, I thought, finally I've got something that will work.
> I downloaded the zip, and ran the exe BUT when I go to the extension
> pps, the button "remove file association" is greyed out so I can't do it
>
> This is getting frustrating, have you any idea why it would be greyed
> out?
>
> Thanks a lot for the help!
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