Please advise if any kind soul could explain in "non Teckie" language how to
fix this window message - this file does not have a program associated with
it for performing this action. create an associate in the folder options
control panel? It popped open when I tried to open an attachment (ppg or
something like it) to an email?
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Generally it means you dont have an app/program on your PC that can
open/read the attachment

we need to know the file suffix exactly
eg 'or something like that' is no good

"Volcano" <Volcano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Please advise if any kind soul could explain in "non Teckie" language how
to
> fix this window message - this file does not have a program associated
with
> it for performing this action. create an associate in the folder options
> control panel? It popped open when I tried to open an attachment (ppg or
> something like it) to an email?
> --
> Desperate middle aged Newbie..

"Volcano" <Volcano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Please advise if any kind soul could explain in "non Teckie" language
> how to fix this window message - this file does not have a program
> associated with it for performing this action. create an associate in
> the folder options control panel? It popped open when I tried to open
> an attachment (ppg or something like it) to an email?

What is the file extension (the part after the dot).

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It was probably a PPT or PPS file, which means PowerPoint. You do
not need the entire PowerPoint app for that will run into a few bucks.
All you probably need to open the file is the PowerPoint Viewer. You
can download the free viewer here.
PowerPoint Viewer 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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"Volcano" wrote:

> Please advise if any kind soul could explain in "non Teckie" language how to
> fix this window message - this file does not have a program associated with
> it for performing this action. create an associate in the folder options
> control panel? It popped open when I tried to open an attachment (ppg or
> something like it) to an email?
> --
> Desperate middle aged Newbie..

Volcano wrote:

> Please advise if any kind soul could explain in "non Teckie" language
> how to fix this window message - this file does not have a program
> associated with it for performing this action. create an associate in
> the folder options control panel? It popped open when I tried to open
> an attachment (ppg or something like it) to an email?



When you double-click a file (whether in an attachment or elsewhere) Windows
tries to open it with the appropriate program--for example a .txt file will
open in Notepad, a a .jpg file in Paint, a .wav file in Media Player. It
knows which program to use because it has something called an "association."
An association is a link between a file extension (the last three characters
of the file name, like .txt, .jpg, or .wav) and a particular program.

In general, when you install a program, it creates the associations you need
to use it. So if you install Word, an association will be created between
..doc files and Word.

You are trying to open a file for which no association exists on your
computer. That normally means simply that you don't have an appropriate
program istalled to access it.

By the way, when you attempt to open a file recived in an E-mail attachment,
especially when you don't know what it is, you are performing one of the
most dangerous acts possible on your computer. This is how most viruses and
other nasties spread.


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