
If your presentation file opens or works normally in safe mode, then it looks like add-ins, extensions or custom settings you made in PowerPoint are affecting the functionality of the application.
Go to the Start menu, press Windows + R together. Opening PowerPoint application in Safe Mode may solve your problem, as the app starts with less (no) features like add-ins, extensions, customizations, etc. If you cannot open or save the new presentation, go to ‘General Solutions’. Select the new presentation, and then select Open. Type a name for the presentation, and then select Save. This process creates a presentation that is based on the template. On the File menu, select New, and then Welcome to PowerPoint (or Introducing PowerPoint 2010). Solution 3: Create new presentation and open If you’re able to open the presentation file after moving it to the second drive, you should also try ‘Open and Repair’. If your storage location where the PPT file is saved having an issue, then this step will solve your problem. If your broken presentation file is already located in the system hard drive then copy it to another drive (preferably external drive) and open. If you are trying to open the PPT file which is stored on an external hard drive or removable storage device, then copy the file to your computer’s internal hard drive and open it. Solution 2: Move presentation to another location Otherwise, go to ‘Create new presentation and open’. If this presentation opens and seems to be undamaged, go to ‘General Solutions’ at the end of this article. Select a different presentation, and then select Open. Solution 1: Open an existing presentation The following section describes how to use existing presentations and how to create a new file in PowerPoint to determine whether the presentations have the same behaviour.
You can try to create a new file in PowerPoint and see whether the error occurs with the new file. You can try to open the file on another computer that has PowerPoint installed to see whether the unexpected behaviour occurs there too. There are several ways to determine whether you have a damaged presentation.
ppt’ ‘Part of the file is missing’ ‘General Protection Fault’ ‘Illegal Instruction’ ‘Invalid Page Fault’ ‘Low system resources’ ‘Out of memory’. When you try to open or change a presentation that is damaged, you may receive one of the following error messages: ‘This is not a PowerPoint Presentation’ ‘PowerPoint cannot open the type of file represented by. Let’s look at some step-by-step solutions that could help you partly or fully restore your presentation. You may experience unexpected issues when designing a PowerPoint presentation, which can occur when your presentation is damaged.