Microsoft KB Archive/285462

= You receive an error message when you click Cancel in the Password dialog box in PowerPoint 2007, in PowerPoint 2003, or in PowerPoint 2002 =

Article ID: 285462

Article Last Modified on 6/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285462



SYMPTOMS
You try to show a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation, a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation, or a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 presentation from Microsoft Windows Explorer. You click Cancel on the Password dialog box of the PowerPoint presentation file.

When you do this, you receive the following error message:

PowerPoint can't read \ \ .ppt



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you right-click a password-protected PowerPoint presentation file, and then select Show on the shortcut menu that appears.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, type the correct password in the Password dialog box that appears, and then click OK. Your PowerPoint slide show will appear. Press ESC to quit the slide show.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: kbnoOfficeAlertID PPT OfficeErrorMessages 10078 PPT2002 PPT2003 PPT2007

Keywords: kbpermissions kbpasswords kbprb kberrmsg KB285462

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