Microsoft KB Archive/133736

= PPT7: Error Message: L.ppt - Sorry, the File Cannot Be Found =

Article ID: 133736

Article Last Modified on 7/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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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.



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:

Pptvw32.exe

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

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