Can't Open attachments without saving from email first

I have always been able to open documents that are attached in emai
without having to actually SAVE the attachment. This is handy as mos
of the time I don't want to save it. However, with this relatively ne
laptop and using Vista, for whatever reason, Vista will not allow me t
view any powerpoint attachment without saving it first. This does no
happen with Word or Excel. I'm using Student/Home Office 2007, and I'
thinking that either that software has a design flaw concerning th
powerpoint "asssociation", or (no surprise here), it just could be
Vista problem. Any suggestions? I've tried everything, and I hat
having to save an attached .pps file, look at it, and then delete it.
VERY time consuming.

Thanks,
Brad


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Brad wrote:
> I have always been able to open documents that are attached in email
> without having to actually SAVE the attachment. This is handy as most
> of the time I don't want to save it. However, with this relatively
> new laptop and using Vista, for whatever reason, Vista will not allow
> me to view any powerpoint attachment without saving it first. This
> does not happen with Word or Excel. I'm using Student/Home Office
> 2007, and I'm thinking that either that software has a design flaw
> concerning the powerpoint "asssociation", or (no surprise here), it
> just could be a Vista problem. Any suggestions? I've tried
> everything, and I hate having to save an attached .pps file, look at
> it, and then delete it. VERY time consuming.
>
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
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Have a look at the following articles:

Windows Vista -
Unable to open .PPS attachments directly
from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
http://tinyurl.com/27mzp3
or...
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

Open Powerpoint files directly in Windows Mail
http://www.vistabits.nl/tipstricks_g...werpoint_files

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Brad, I have been trying to fix this same problem for several weeks now and
this is the first time I came across any information even close to the
problem. John Inzer had the correct awnser, at least it worked for me. Go to
the www.winhelponline.com this will tell you how to edit the registry, I
liked that better than downloading something as you can always put the
registry back. Good Luck to You and Thank-You to John Inzer.
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"John Inzer" wrote:

> Brad wrote:
> > I have always been able to open documents that are attached in email
> > without having to actually SAVE the attachment. This is handy as most
> > of the time I don't want to save it. However, with this relatively
> > new laptop and using Vista, for whatever reason, Vista will not allow
> > me to view any powerpoint attachment without saving it first. This
> > does not happen with Word or Excel. I'm using Student/Home Office
> > 2007, and I'm thinking that either that software has a design flaw
> > concerning the powerpoint "asssociation", or (no surprise here), it
> > just could be a Vista problem. Any suggestions? I've tried
> > everything, and I hate having to save an attached .pps file, look at
> > it, and then delete it. VERY time consuming.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brad
> >
> ============================
> Have a look at the following articles:
>
> Windows Vista -
> Unable to open .PPS attachments directly
> from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
> http://tinyurl.com/27mzp3
> or...
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>
> Open Powerpoint files directly in Windows Mail
> http://www.vistabits.nl/tipstricks_g...werpoint_files
>
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>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>