PPT4: PowerPoint Cannot Get Started Error
  
PSS ID Number: Q138954
Article last modified on 05-16-1998
 
windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c
 - Microsoft Windows, versions 3.1, 3.11
 - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, versions 3.1, 3.11
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to start PowerPoint, you may receive the following error
message:
 
   Sorry, PowerPoint cannot get started. You should run PowerPoint
   Setup.
 
CAUSE
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The Windows registration database (Reg.dat) may be corrupted.
 
RESOLUTION
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Rebuild the registration database.
 
For more information about how to rebuild the registration database,
please see the following article here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q122964
   TITLE     : How to Rebuild the Reg.Date File and Re-Register
               Applications
 
Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00c launch ppt begin w_powerpt
powerpnt
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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbusage kbdta
Version           : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb
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