Why wont PowerPoint open a PPTX file?
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1 user is having trouble opening pptx files in powerpoint 2010. They can open ppt files fine. If I open powerpoint and go to file -> open and select the pptx file, it works fine however when I double click the file nothing happens. If I right click on the file and go to open with, powerpoint is not listed. All windows updates are installed.
any ideas?
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Tabasco
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I'm going to follow this post - hopefully it'll help you too
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01094_Office_2010_Click-to-Run.htm
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Ghost Chili
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2464297 That seems to have your issue. Try "winword.exe /r" from a run prompt as that re-registers all extensions in Office 2010. Also, follow the instructions on that site. This seems to be a common issue on the community lately. I wonder if a security update or something for Office 2010 went out causing issues. Try also removing all Office 2010 updates that are recent if this is a recent problem. Thanks, A.J.
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Jalapeno
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This may be a stupid response but is it a file association issue? did you try to re associate the file?
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Tabasco
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It is most likely just a file association, but AJ's method will work to re-register everything.
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Jalapeno
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Haha, maybe I should read before I post, thanks for brining that to my attention :)
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Tabasco
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file association for pptx is set to microsoft office client virtualization handler. I can't find powerpoint in program files
The shortcut for powerpoint is pointing to: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Virtualization Handler\CVH.EXE" "Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 9014006204090000"
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Tabasco
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ok, turns out this is something called MS Office Click2Run which is why it's not working properly. only solution is to remove it and install office from another exe/msi file
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Cayenne
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I had a similar issue I still have not been able to resolve.
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/291219-outlook-2010-won-t-open-pptx-file-properly
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Cayenne
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I am going to check this click to run setting though.
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Tabasco
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I'm going to follow this post - hopefully it'll help you too
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01094_Office_2010_Click-to-Run.htm
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Tabasco
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I have removed office click2run and installed the normal version without any issues ;)
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Jalapeno
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Good morning Guys, I have having the same problem and I have tried this work around and it worked for me:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/59cb6152-01c2-473c-b301-4e7098a3e0bd/unable...
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