Hi, I have been using MS PowerPoint for one year without any problems. But today half an hour before I was running a PPT file slide show just to make sure whether all the files are working or not, during the process all my PPT files frozen for a while, and then suddenly a pop-up error message stated: “This is not a PPT file”. Now I am not getting any idea what went wrong with my presentation files, so please someone assist me with the appropriate solution to fix frozen PPT files! Well in advance thanks a lot.
The above-stated message clearly indicates that the PPT file is either severely corrupted/damaged due to some logical reasons. But don’t get tense! You can easily fix frozen PPT file issues just by making use of a reliable and competent file fixer software – Remo Repair PowerPoint. This utility even mends the frozen and corrupted PPT file that is password protected without any difficulty. Go to the sixth segment of the article to follow the steps to mend a frozen PPT file within no time.
Table Of Contents:
Reasons Why Your PowerPoint Freezes
5 Ways To Fix Freezing, Hanging, and Not Responding PowerPoint
Now that you know why your PowerPoint keeps freezing, becomes unresponsive, or hangs all of a sudden.
Explained here are six methods that are guaranteed to unfreeze your Powerpoint on Windows and Mac.
Check once if there is any update that is pending. As sometimes it is highly possible that because the PowerPoint application is outdated it is hanging a lot or suddenly becomes unresponsive. Even after updating the software, the PowerPoint continues to freeze carry on with the next troubleshooting.
You can refer to this article on how to fix PowerPoint not responding?
Check in the Antivirus settings and disable the PowerPoint integration. This might stop the PowerPoint from freezing as when you do not have any virus associated with the PPT file then the integration of PowerPoint with the antivirus software will cause an issue.
If the PPT file is still frozen, this is an indication that the PPT file is damaged and needs to be repaired. If the corruption is minor go ahead with the next method otherwise scroll down to the last solution.
At times, a few conflicting add-ins might clash resulting in chaos which ultimately leads to PowerPoint freezing or hanging.
Before you go ahead and try disabling the add-ins. We highly suggest you open PowerPoint in safe mode.
If PowerPoint launches without reporting any errors, the issue is with the add-ins.
Note: Safe Mode lets you troubleshoot any problems or issues in Powerpoint. You cannot use any add-ins or extensions in the safe mode.
If the issue is not due to add-ins then kindly follow the next method.
Repairing the Office program itself might resolve the issue of PowerPoint not responding. Luckily, Microsoft provides a built-in tool to repair the program and make it responsive.
If repairing your Office program did not resolve your issue, then the PPT file itself is corrupted and needs an immediate repair. Continue with the next segment to know about a fail-safe solution that can permanently fix the problem of PowerPoint freezing.
The tool easily mends frozen PPT files on chief versions of Windows operating systems such as Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, 2008, Windows Vista with few clicks of the mouse.
This application is designed with incredibly advanced repair techniques to fix frozen PPT file issues without altering the original content of files.
Remo Repair PowerPoint utility fixes all the issues of corrupt PPT files and retrieves OLE objects, animations, text, sound effects, formatting, and fields including hyperlinks without any difficulty. Apart from repairing PPT files, you can also make use of this utility to repair severely damaged \ corrupted PPTX and PPS files at your fingertips.
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Guidelines to Fix Frozen PPT File Using Remo Repair PowerPoint Software:
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