Opening PowerPoint File Blocked by Registry Policy Settings

[KFedele]

I'm attempting to open PowerPoint files created in an old version of
PowerPoint in PowerPoint 2003 (O/S = Windows XP Pro) with Office SP3
installed. The instructions from Microsoft direct me to edit my registry.
However, the keys that I need to update are missing from my registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Security\FileOpenBlock
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Security\FileOpenBlock

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Karen

 

[Echo S]

If they're not already there, then you need to add the keys.

 

[John Wilson]

If you scroll down there are downloadable files to auto add the entries
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810
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[KFedele]

Thank you so much John. Fixed in less than 5 minutes. Thanks for the link.
Awesome.