PPT7: Error Message: L.ppt - Sorry, the File Cannot Be Found
Article ID: 133736
Article Last Modified on 7/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q133736
SYMPTOMS
When you drag a shortcut icon for a presentation on top of
an icon for the PowerPoint Viewer, whether it is a copy of the Viewer file or a
shortcut to the Viewer, you will receive the following error:
L.ppt
Sorry, the file cannot be found.
WORKAROUND
Method 1
Drag the icon for the presentation itself onto the icon for the
Viewer.
Method 2
Install the 32-bit PowerPoint Viewer. This viewer runs with
Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 and allows you to view PowerPoint presentations
without having PowerPoint installed.
To Obtain PPTVW32.EXE
The following
file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:
For
additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem, and we will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 7.00 ppt95 pptvw32 exe
Keywords: KB133736