Powerpoint Question

brandotheninjamaster

For some odd reason users can't see an image in a powerpoint presentation that is often accessed; the images are displayed as a red "X". When I log in with my admin account I can see all images just fine. I looked at the permissions to the folder where this file resides in and users have full control, as well as control over the entire C: directory.

The fact that I can see these images as an admin screams permission issue to me and I think the issue lies with the original folder these images were imported from, thing is nobody knows where that is...

So my question is this:

Could there be another problem besides a permission issue?

How can I find where these image files reside so that I can view the permissions of that folder?

Thanks in advance for the help!

brandotheninjamaster

So I just asked a buddy of mine the same questions here and he said that it may the permissions to the windows temp directory. I have the windows folder locked down pretty tight so that could be the issue and I have made recent revisions to that directory, so if thats the case I'll let you all know.

mts

i don't know if powerpoint still does it but it could be it is searching for the image file on the disk and can't find it. presumably the image i working on your computer correct? is the presentation on the same computer?

brandotheninjamaster

I tried both from the computer it originated from and a computer that was networked to it; it was the same on both. Users had no pictures and admins did.

brandotheninjamaster

Just tried the temp directory and no luck...

flatlinegraphics

path issue? do they log in to their own accounts on the server and have a virtual directory? so that the path you see is ~admin/path/to/file.jpg while they see ~user/path/to/file.jpg?
can the users right click->properties and see the path? granted i'm talking out my ass, but usually if there is a missing file, its a bad path somewhere.