Microsoft KB Archive/321484

= PPT2001: &quot;The Server Application, Source File, or Item Cannot Be Found&quot; Error Message When You Try to Edit an Embedded Object =

Article ID: 321484

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac

-



This article was previously published under Q321484



SYMPTOMS
When you try to edit an embedded object (for example, a Microsoft Graph object) in PowerPoint, you may receive the following error message:

The server application, source file, or item cannot be found. You should reinstall the server application.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the Embedding Preferences or the PPC Registration Database files are corrupted.

NOTE: This problem may also occur if the file that is used as the source of a copy-and-paste is damaged.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:  Open the System:Preferences folder, and then make backup copies of the following files:  Embedding Preferences PPC Registration Database

 Move these files (the original copies) from the System:Preferences folder to the desktop.

Additional query words: ppt2001 mac PPT2001KB

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB321484

-

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

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.