an error message is displayed "an error prevents a slide show to play."

an error message is displayed "an error prevents a slide show to play."
What does that mean?

Hello

Not sure, but more often means that there is a problem with a file system involved in the process. Try this:

Click Start, type CMD. Right click on the entry that appears in the menu and choose "Run as Administrator". Click on continue in the UAC prompt. From the command line, type:

sfc/scannow

and click to start. Let it run until the end (it may take some time), and then close the command prompt by typing "exit" and by striking and restart the system normally. See if that helps. Good luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Crazy" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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