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Archives => 2003 => Topic started by: Raven on February 17, 2003, 11:21:00 PM

Title: Question about Power Point 98 Viewer?
Post by: Raven on February 17, 2003, 11:21:00 PM

I need to view a PowerPoint presentation file and I don't have PPt. So, I downloaded PowerPoint 98 Viewer from  Mactopia. Looked like it should do the job, but...

When I double click Viewer to launch it, a message tells me that it "needs to copy files to System Folder... " to work. I click - Continue. Then it seems to load a bunch of files, the computer reboots, and I am back to the same place where I started.
When I double click PPt Viewer again to launch it, I get the same message as before

Any idea how do I make the Viewer work?

G4/400, 384mb RAM, OS9.1

Title: Question about Power Point 98 Viewer?
Post by: Lee on February 17, 2003, 12:46:00 PM

Look inside your extensions folder for a folder named MS Library.

See if the first run program added these items.

MS Container Lib (PPC)
MS Internet Library (PPC)
MS Preferences Library PPC
MS Variant Lib (PPC)

Title: Question about Power Point 98 Viewer?
Post by: Lee on February 17, 2003, 04:30:00 PM

hehe,

I launched OE and its first run installer launched and trashed those four items.

I can manually put them back when I want the PP viewer, then remove them before launching OE.

If not, the first run installers keep battling it out.

MS doesn't like itself.

I tried putting the libs in the app folder - no help.

I'm off to look at OE updates.

Title: Question about Power Point 98 Viewer?
Post by: Dreambird on February 17, 2003, 08:45:00 PM

I use the same free PowerPoint Viewer and have the same files in my extensions folder as Lee mentions... and it runs fine. This is under OS9.1 and I don't use OE, so if they have a conflict with each other...  

I also find that when I run the PPT Viewer it sticks three files in my preferences folder which are more of an annoyance than anything else... I can delete them and they come back everytime I view a PPT slideshow:

MS Internet Cache
Microsoft Office Settings
Office Registration Cache

The Internet Cache rots my socks a little...    because it's a 5mb file and I hate to waste space on stuff like that on a 10GB HD.

In fact if someone has any ideas on how to write an AppleScript to trash those after shutting down the program or on reboot... I'd be most grateful.

Title: Question about Power Point 98 Viewer?
Post by: Raven on February 18, 2003, 03:46:00 PM

I have these in my Exptension folder -  MS Component Library, MS Framework,  MS Hyperlink Library, MS Internet Library, MS Ole Library, MS Structured Storage.Are they the same or different? Yes!?

I created a new set of Extensions with the Mac Base plus the extensions mentioned above. Powerpoint works for me when I do it that way.

Any idea what is going on here? Is PPt conflicting with some other 3rd party extensions when I tried it the first time? Thanks for your help. :-)