Microsoft KB Archive/133447

PowerPoint Templates Cannot Be Accessed Using UNC

PSS ID Number: Q133447 Article last modified on 05-17-1998

windows:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == 

= SUMMARY =

There is a line in the Powerpnt.ini file used by PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0 and 4.0, that reads:

TemplateDir=

You can edit this line to point to a network location if you want to have PowerPoint look in that network location by default to find its templates. However, you must use a drive letter instead of a UNC path. For example, you can use

TemplateDir=F:

but not:

TemplateDir=\Server

If you use a UNC designation for the TemplateDir= line, PowerPoint will ignore this line and look in the Windows directory for templates by default.

This happens both with PowerPoint installed as a standalone program and PowerPoint installed as part of Microsoft Office.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Usually, network users can refer to a network resource by its UNC name (typically in the form \ for Microsoft networks) without associating that connection with a drive letter.

However, for PowerPoint to access a shared template directory on a network server, you have to use a persistent connection to the server that contains the templates, and modify your Powerpnt.ini file so it uses the persistent drive letter instead of the UNC connection.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 4.00 4.00a 4.00c persistant named pipes ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork kbtemplate Version : windows:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.