Powerpoint Not Working 1

[fitfixer]

I have a PC running Win98se and Office 2000, Powerpoint will not run, when you click on the icon it just hangs as it opens, but if you click on a PPT file it launches Powerpoint no problem!
If I were having this problem in MS Word, I would delete the Normal.dot template that Word uses at startup, Is there a default template that Powerpoint uses? and if so, would deleting it solve my problem?
Thanks for your help

 

[Dreamboat]

Here's what I'd try, but not a method for the meek. You don't sound meek to me.

Programs closed.
Start-Run and type Regedit and hit enter.

Browse to:
hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\office\9.0\powerpoint

Right-click the powerpoint folder (and I'm not sure it's powerpoint completely spelled out, but I'm sure it's there), and rename it to something like oldpowerpoint. When powerpoint launches, it won't find itself in the registry and it'll re-register itself, which will hopefully take care of the problem. Anne Troy

http://www.TheOfficeExperts.com

Word and Excel Macros
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[Geetesh]

Look here:

Create a default "blank" presentation with your own defaults

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00245.htm

Geetesh Bajaj
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP

http://www.indezine.com

http://www.powerpointed.com

 

[Dreamboat]

Glad to have those links of yours, Geetesh. Thanks. Anne Troy

http://www.TheOfficeExperts.com

Word and Excel Macros
Coming soon: wX

 

[fitfixer]

Thanks for the suggestions and links,
I found the answer to my problem in this Microsoft article;

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q236589

the cause was an illegal character; the ampersand &
in a ppt filename, if this is in the recent files list them Powerpoint will not open
Thanks again Dreamboat and Geetesh

 

[Geetesh]

Thank you for getting back and letting us know.

Geetesh Bajaj
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP

http://www.indezine.com

http://www.powerpointed.com