Article ID: 186730
Article Last Modified on 6/11/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q186730
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
When you start PowerPoint for the first time, the default file location for the personal folder of the user is changed from the network location to a hard disk location on the computer where the user is logged on to the network. This behavior only occurs if you are using roaming user profiles.
WORKAROUND
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
Change the following registry keys so that PowerPoint can properly read the network location for the default user location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Recent Folder List\Default
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\New User Settings\PowerPoint\Recent Folder List\Default
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
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Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB186730
