PPT2000: SNDTRK: PowerPoint Couldn't Open Visual Basic for Applications Project

ID: Q218525

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you start Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, you may receive the following error message:

PowerPoint couldn't open the Visual Basic for Applications project in presentation C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ppmusic.ppa
To clear the message, click OK.


CAUSE

The Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Custom Soundtrack add-in is not designed to work with PowerPoint 2000.

This problem occurs when you install Office 2000 over a previous version of Office 97. Any add-ins that you installed or created are retained, and those that are not compatible (such as the Custom Soundtrack add-in) generate error messages.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you can either remove the Custom Soundtrack add-in, or download and install the updated Custom Soundtrack add-in, replacing the existing add-in.

Method 1: Obtain the Updated Custom Soundtrack Add-in

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:
Pp2kmus.exe
For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp
and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

After downloading, you must replace the existing Ppmusic.ppa file. To replace the existing Ppmusic.ppa file, with the updated one:
  1. On the Start menu, point to Find and click Files or Folders.


  2. In the Named box, type Ppmusic.ppa, and click Find Now.


  3. Write down the folder location where this file is located.


  4. In the Find dialog box, double-click the Pp2kmus.exe file that you downloaded from the Web.


  5. Read and accept the license agreement by clicking Yes.


  6. Click Browse, and locate the folder you that wrote down in step 3. Click OK.


  7. Click OK to install the updated Ppmusic.ppa add-in file. When asked if you want to replace the existing file, click Yes.


If you have already removed the Custom Soundtrack add-in prior to installing the updated version, you can reload it through the Add-Ins dialog box:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Add-Ins.


  2. Click Add New. Browse to the folder in which you put the Ppmusic.ppa file, and then select it.


  3. Click OK. Click Close.


Method 2: Remove the Custom Soundtrack Add-in

To unload the Custom Soundtrack add-in:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Add-Ins.


  2. To remove the add-in from memory but keep its name in the list, click ppmusic, and then click Unload.

    To remove the add-in from the list and also from the registry file, click ppmusic, and then click Remove.


NOTE: Unloading or removing the Custom Soundtrack add-in does not remove it from your computer.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the PowerPoint 97 Custom Soundtrack add-in.


REFERENCES

For additional information about the Custom Soundtrack add-in and PowerPoint 2000, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q218513 PPT2000: SNDTRK: Cannot Install Custom Soundtrack add-in

Additional query words: PPT2K PPT2000 PPT POWERPNT 2000 PPT9 9.0 ppa ppmisic ppmusic.ppa open vba project presentation1 presentation visualbasic vb addin add in launch begin run blank new after setup upgrade install change sound track

Keywords : kbdta kbaddins
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: December 10, 1999
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