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Downloaded PowerPoint files need repairs?

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 13:24 |  Robert MacLean

I download a lot of PowerPoint presentations and recently I am seeing more and more are stating they need repairs when opened!

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Unfortunately repairing does not work and downloading them again doesn't help either! What is happening is that Windows is detecting that these files are from the Internet and enabling a block on them for your protection. To remove this block, you need to right click the file, select Properties, click the Unblock button and click OK.

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You will then be able to open them successfully.

Thanks Joseph for spotting the type-o in the original post.

Tags: Annoyances, Windows
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