PPT2002: Cannot Save Presentation Broadcast Files to URL Address

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This article was previously published under Q291887

For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 version of this article, see 226620 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/226620/EN-US/ ) .

SYMPTOMS

When you schedule your presentation to be broadcast and you try to type a valid Internet address, you receive one of the following error messages:

'URL' is not a shared directory. A shared directory should be in the form of '\\servername\sharename'

-or-

You cannot use an internet address here. Enter a path that points to a location on your computer or on the network.

where URL is a valid Web address in the form of 'HTTP://servername/sharename'

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CAUSE

PowerPoint only accepts UNC (Universal Naming Convention) addresses for the Online Broadcasting shared folder.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, save your broadcast files to the UNC path of your server, and then change the invitation e-mail to have the correct URL address for the Web site on that server.

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How to Change an Address in Microsoft Outlook

Type the UNC address to the server in the Server Options dialog box.
Click OK.
Click the Schedule Broadcast button.
When the schedule request e-mail appears, you can edit the URL text from
'file:///\\servername\sharename\filename.htm'
to
'http://Webserver/sharename/filename.htm'
where the Web address in part corresponds to the UNC location.

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