I wrote about a problem with inserting .wmv video files in Powerpoint 2007 a
few days ago. After doing some research I figured out that I'm able to insert
videos in Powerpoint 2007 however, it appears that there is a limit to how
deep in the My Documents folder the Powerpoint file and associated videos can
be stored. I had my files stored in the My Documents folder but I have them
in about 5 folders deep. Once I moved the Powerpoint file and associated
videos to the first level of the My Documents, there was no problem. Has
anyone had this problem and are you aware of a bug in Office 2007 that causes
this?

Re: Video Playback in Powerpoint 2007 by Lucy

Lucy
Mon May 12 20:13:55 PDT 2008

Hi

Yep, common problem. It's to do with the maximum filepath length allowed
which is, off the top of my head, 128 charcters (I think).

Lucy

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"krystieobrien" <krystieobrien@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I wrote about a problem with inserting .wmv video files in Powerpoint 2007
>a
> few days ago. After doing some research I figured out that I'm able to
> insert
> videos in Powerpoint 2007 however, it appears that there is a limit to how
> deep in the My Documents folder the Powerpoint file and associated videos
> can
> be stored. I had my files stored in the My Documents folder but I have
> them
> in about 5 folders deep. Once I moved the Powerpoint file and associated
> videos to the first level of the My Documents, there was no problem. Has
> anyone had this problem and are you aware of a bug in Office 2007 that
> causes
> this?