Set Associations

My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find
the Set Associations control panel?

Do you have PowerPoint on the Vista computer? If not, you won't be able to
set an association to it. But the easy way to get to the list is to
right-click the icon and choose Open. Choose the second option "Select a
program from a list of installed programs", then click PowerPoint (if it's
installed on that computer) and click OK.

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"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7FB46D50-31CE-463E-8B10-213FB6D11CC6@microsoft.com...
> My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
> open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I
> find
> the Set Associations control panel?

Do you have PowerPoint, or the PowerPoint Viewer?

If not, get the free PowerPoint viewer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

If you install the viewer, it should take care of the file association.

If not, the file association can be found at
Start - Default Programs - Associate a file type...


"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7FB46D50-31CE-463E-8B10-213FB6D11CC6@microsoft.com...
> My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
> open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I
> find
> the Set Associations control panel?

If you already have PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (or 2007) installed and yet this happens, check the following article for solution.

Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7FB46D50-31CE-463E-8B10-213FB6D11CC6@microsoft.com...
My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find
the Set Associations control panel?

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/ try this site and follow the
instructions, I did and it works. Had the same problem as you

"Ed" wrote:

> My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
> open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find
> the Set Associations control panel?

Thanks for the feedback, Horst.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Horst" <Horst@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6796D132-B485-48A9-A44A-89B38EC210D4@microsoft.com...
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/ try this site and follow the
instructions, I did and it works. Had the same problem as you

"Ed" wrote:

> My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
> open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find
> the Set Associations control panel?

"Ed" wrote:

> My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
> open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find
> the Set Associations control panel?

If anyone else is reading this thread and has this problem, this fix worked
perfectly and the instructions are very straightforward.


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> If you already have PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (or 2007) installed and yet this happens, check the following article for solution.
>
> Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7FB46D50-31CE-463E-8B10-213FB6D11CC6@microsoft.com...
> My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
> open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find
> the Set Associations control panel?
>

Thanks for the feedback, Rob.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Rob6" <Rob6@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E85E70F5-301E-4311-B528-F58E44DFA7B3@microsoft.com...
If anyone else is reading this thread and has this problem, this fix worked
perfectly and the instructions are very straightforward.


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> If you already have PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (or 2007) installed and yet this happens, check the following article for solution.
>
> Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Well, I looked all over, and all I see is questions and no answers. How
could this post be helpful to me when all it does is ask the same exact
question that I have: Where the heck is the "set associations control
panel?????" nothing in my control panel works because none of the
associations have been set. What is the deal? Anybody know? Thanks. Rita


"Ed" wrote:

> My operating system is Vista, I am using Windows Mail and am attempting to
> open a Power Point file. I have been unable to do so because I have to
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. Where do I find
> the Set Associations control panel?