Re: Videos and sounds do not play in Powerpoint when they used to

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Thank you. I had moved the folder containing the presentation file and the
video and sound files and made the path longer. Once I moved the folder into
C;\Test it worked again. So I will move it back into a location where the
path is short enough. Thank you again.

"Sonia" wrote:

> Did you happen to move the presentation and video and sound files? Maybe to a
> new sub-folder? Try moving them to C:\Test and see whether that fixes it. If
> so, it means that the full path to the files was too long.
>
> Another possibility is if you moved the presentation file only, or you moved the
> video and audio files only. That would cause broken links to the files. See:
>
> Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or email a
> presentation
> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm
> --
>
> Sonia Coleman
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
> Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
> http://www.soniacoleman.com
>
> "GeraldW" <GeraldW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E06E957A-B17A-4180-85E8-E62943A5700B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have a presentation with videos and sounds inserted which I have been using
> > for a while. Recently, the videos and sounds do not play anymore. When I
> > click on the video, the video screen turns blank and I get no video, no
> > sound, and no error message. When I click again, the blank screen goes away
> > and I can click on to the next slide. I run Powerpoint 2003, with
> > MediaPlayer 10 completely up to date. Sounds also do not play.
>
>
>
>
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