Microsoft KB Archive/134870

= PPT7: Illegal Operation Error Saving File as PowerPoint 4.0 =

Article ID: 134870

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q134870



SYMPTOMS
When you choose to save a Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95 version 7.0 presentation as a PowerPoint version 4.0 presentation, you may receive the following error message:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you check the error details, you see the following comment:

POWERPNT executed an invalid instruction in module KERNEL32.DLL (or UNKNOWN) at ####:####



CAUSE
This problem may occur if you start the PowerPoint presentation by double-clicking the filename in Windows Explorer.



RESOLUTION
Open PowerPoint first, then open the file by clicking the Open command on the File menu. Save the presentation as a PowerPoint 4.0 file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95 version 7.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows.

Additional query words: 7.0 7.00 general protection fault GPF

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB134870

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.