Microsoft KB Archive/149587

= PPT: Creating PowerPoint 95 Viewer Disks from Downloaded File =

Article ID: 149587

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q149587



SUMMARY
This article describes how to use the 32-bit PowerPoint 95 viewer self- extracting file Pptvw32.exe to create a PowerPoint Viewer disk set.

Pptvw32.exe is posted on many online sites, but it is too large to fit on a single 3.5-inch high-density disk.

NOTE: The information in this article does not apply to the PowerPoint Viewer 97 self-extracting file, Ppview97.exe. For information about creating a disk set from this file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170329 PPT97: Contents of the PowerPoint 97 Viewer Readme.txt File



MORE INFORMATION
To create PowerPoint Viewer for Windows 95 disks, follow these steps:  Create a new folder called Ppvw95. Run Pptvw32.exe. When the Licensing Agreement dialog box appears, click Yes. When the Welcome Window appears, minimize the Setup program. On the Start Menu, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders. In the Named box, type:

View951.cab

Click Find Now.  Use Windows Explorer to open the folder found in step 5. This folder contains the following files:      SETUP.EXE            73,152   12-18-95   12:00p LICENSE.TXT          4,915   12-18-95   12:00p PPTV.INF             2,670   12-18-95   12:00p PPVWREAD.TXT         5,178   12-18-95   12:00p EXTRACT.EXE         87,916   12-18-95   12:00p SETUP.INI              149   12-20-95   12:44p SETUP.LST            1,320   12-18-95   12:00p SETUP.STF           17,334   12-18-95   12:00p SETUP.TDF               84   12-20-95   12:45p VIEW951.CAB      1,254,400   12-18-95   12:00p VIEW952.CAB        163,673   12-18-95   12:00p Copy these files to the Ppvw95 folder. </li> Switch to the Viewer Setup program and complete it.</li> When the Setup program is complete, copy all the files (except View952.cab) from the Ppvw95 folder to a blank 3.5-inch (high-density) disk. Label the disk:

PowerPoint Viewer for Windows 95 (Disk 1 of 2).</li> Copy the View952.cab file from the Ppvw95 folder onto a blank 3.5-inch (high-density) disk. Label this disk:

PowerPoint Viewer for Windows 95 (Disk 2 of 2)

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You can now install PowerPoint Viewer for Windows 95 to another computer by running the Setup.exe located on Disk 1.

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