PPT97: How To Re-register PowerPoint 97

Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
Article ID: Q157641
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

When you start PowerPoint 97 for Windows, it does not check all the keys it writes to the Windows 95 or Windows NT Registry. This means that many of the PowerPoint keys can be missing or corrupt and PowerPoint won't automatically correct them. This behavior is different from PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 and is intended to improve PowerPoint 97's performance.

To be sure that you are re-registering PowerPoint 97 correctly, you should use the PowerPoint 97 or Office 97 Setup program.

MORE INFORMATION

If you have trouble opening files with a .ppt extension, or inserting a PowerPoint Slide or PowerPoint Presentation into other programs, PowerPoint may not be registered correctly in Windows. One time you need to re-register PowerPoint is if you install the 32-bit Viewer for PowerPoint 7.0 after you install PowerPoint 97. To re-register PowerPoint, run Powerpnt.exe with the /regserver command line switch.

  1. Click the Microsoft Windows 95 Start button and then click Run.

  2. Click Browse.

  3. Navigate to a folder that contains Powerpnt.exe. By default, this is the folder called:

          C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office
    

  4. When you find the folder that contains Powerpnt.exe, click on it and then click Open.

  5. In the Run dialog box, scroll to the end of the command line and add /regserver to the end. For example, if the command line reads:

          "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe"
    

    change it to read:

          "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe"
          /regserver
    

    and then click OK.

The PowerPoint banner appears for a moment and then disappears. PowerPoint is now re-registered correctly.


Additional query words: 97 8.00 ppt8 unregister corrupt reg.dat
registration database registry user.dat system.dat ppt97
Keywords : kbsetup kbualink97 kbfaq
Version : 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbtshoot


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Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
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