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Article ID: 883519 - Last Review: September 12, 2011 - Revision: 5.0
Movies do not play in your slide presentation if you insert a movie from a file location that contains a long path and file name in PowerPoint
You insert a movie into a Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation from a file location that contains a long path and file name. When you do this, the movie is inserted, but it does not play.
This issue may occur if the UNC path and the file name of the movie that you inserted contain more than 127 characters.
To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.
Method 1: Shorten the UNC path and the file name
Shorten the UNC path and the file name of the movie that you inserted to fewer than 127 characters. To do this, move the movie to a higher folder level before you insert the movie into the PowerPoint slide presentation.
Method 2: Use Microsoft Windows Media Player
For more information about how to insert movies for Windows Media Player into your presentation, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
299284Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=299284/
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Add-in to insert movies using Windows Media Player is available for PowerPoint
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
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