Microsoft KB Archive/327974

= PPT2002: You Cannot Unpackage a Presentation =

Article ID: 327974

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q327974



SYMPTOMS
You cannot unpackage a presentation. You insert the floppy disk in the disk drive and then click OK in the Unpacking dialog box, but PowerPoint does not unpackage the file. Instead, it prompts you to insert the next disk.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:  Create a folder to hold the presentation files. To do this, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK. At the command prompt, type the following commands. Press ENTER after each line.

c:

cd \

md MyPresentation

  For each floppy disk that contains your presentation, follow these steps:  Insert the disk in your floppy disk drive (typically, drive A:). At the command prompt, type the following (where  is the drive letter of your floppy disk drive), and then press ENTER:

copy :\*.* c:\mypresentation\*.*

</li></ol> </li> To unpackage and run your presentation, type the following at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

c:\mypresentation\pngsetup.exe

When you are prompted to insert the next disk, click OK.</li> When PowerPoint prompts you to run the slide show now, click Yes.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the Pack and Go feature, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322107 HOW TO: Use the Pack and Go Feature in Microsoft PowerPoint

Additional query words: prb PPT ppz unpack

Keywords: kbprb KB327974

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