Re: Self executing files

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thanks for all your help. we're going to try what you've suggested and
failing that, just do the presentation sans music and have them play it on a
ghetto blaster. you can only do what you can do, right? BTW, i've gotten alot
of help from you guys - just wanted to let you know that you do a great job.

thx
JS

"Echo S" wrote:

> No, double-clicking doesn't do the same thing.
>
> Before you have your colleague finish it, also have him create a folder on
> his C drive and put the presentation and the sound there. Then insert the
> sound into the presentation. You need to do that to maintain the integrity
> of linked files (such as your sound file). This shouldn't be imperative,
> since you're using Package for CD, but I believe it will resolve a couple of
> potential issues for you -- 1) path length to the sound file (shouldn't be
> over ~128 characters) and 2) it will make it easier for Package for CD to
> locate the sound file and resolve the links as it does its thing (sometimes
> Pack and Go and Package for CD can stumble when trying to find linked files
> that are really buried on a server).
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> http://www.echosvoice.com
>
> "JoAnne Sim" <JoAnneSim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7BB87CF9-34B6-4975-B052-5F93A1B7304F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > thanks for all your help guys. I tried all the fixes here - there doesn't
> > seem to be a "run" option here - they may have disabled that feature -
> they
> > (the IT people) keep a strict control on PC options. If I double click the
> > file from explorer and it plays, doesn't that do the same thing? I was
> hoping
> > that when I got in this am after rebooting, the problem would have fixed
> > itself, but no luck. I'm going to have someone else give it a try from
> their
> > machine to see if it works for them. After that, I'll give it back to my
> > colleague who built it in the first place and have him finish it.
> >
> > "Joe Fisher" wrote:
> >
> > > At work, you would click Start, the menu pops up, the 2nd or 3rd item
> will
> > > be Run.
> > >
> > > At home, you must use the XP start menu. I despise it.:-) I can't stand
> the
> > > way all your programs obscure everthing else if you leave the cursor on
> All
> > > Programs for a second. It just seems to "in your face."
> > > I'm the network admin at school, the first thing that I do when setting
> up a
> > > new XP machine is to right click on the Start button, choose Properties,
> > > then click the *classic Start menu* radio button.
> > > --
> > > Joe Fisher
> > > Teacher, K-8
> > > Marion, MT
> > >
> > > "JoAnne Sim" <JoAnneSim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:B445663C-07A6-411A-B4B7-130B1F05B05B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > thanks - I'm at home now, and I've got windows XP here. Here I can see
> > > > what
> > > > you mean. at work we're running Professional or something else (we're
> on a
> > > > network) - the start button looks like win 98.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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