I have received emails that I cannot open because it says the file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options control panel. What do I need to do to open this?1 person got this answerI do too

What e-mail program are you using? Do you mean you can't open attachments received in an e-mail? What is the file extension of the attachment? Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA

@IagolfalotHow did I answer your question?Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA

Bruce, I am lost........I didn't recieve and answer from you............maybe I don't know how this all works. Iagolfalot

I didn't give you an answer. I asked you three questions to help clarify your problem. Please answer those questions.Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA

Bruce, I will try again..............I am using Outlook Express.................and yes I mean I can't open an attachment in the email. When I try to they say I need to create a folder for that purpose........in folder in the control panel..........???? the extension on the file is: pps

I answered your questions: Outlook Express is my email.............pps is the extension on the file........and yes I mean I can't open the attachment in the email.

Bruce, I will try again..............I am using Outlook Express.................and yes I mean I can't open an attachment in the email. When I try to they say I need to create a folder for that purpose........in folder in the control panel..........???? the extension on the file is: ppsOK. Much better.That is a PowerPoint file. Do you have PowerPoint, or PowerPoint viewer installed? If not, that is step #1.PowerPoint Viewer 2010http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823 If you continue to get the error message, run this little fix.Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Outlook Express using XP/SP2 or XP/SP3http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA

I don't know if I have powerpoint or not.........where do I look........add/remove programs?

It would be in Add/Remove. Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer.Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA

I don't know if I have powerpoint or not.........where do I look........add/remove programs?Please do not keep marking posts as answers. It produces copies and screws up the threading.The only post that should be marked is the one that solves your problem, which hasn't happened yet. Please unmark the posts as answers. Thank you.Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA