Applies ToMicrosoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 PowerPoint 2010

This article describes update KB2956190 for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 that was released on April 14, 2015. This update has a prerequisite.

Improvements and Fixes

Fixes the following issue:

When you copy and paste some content that contains an ActiveX control to a presentation slide in PowerPoint 2010, you receive the following error message:

An error occurred during creation of ActiveX control.

How to download and install the update

Microsoft Update

Use Microsoft Update to automatically download and install the update.

Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

If you are not sure what platform (32-bit or 64-bit) you're running, see Am I running 32-bit or 64-bit Office? Additionally, see more information about how to download Microsoft support files.

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Update information

Restart informationYou may have to restart the computer after you install this update.

PrerequisiteTo apply this update, you must have Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 installed.

More Information

This update contains the files that are listed in the following tables.32-bitPowerpoint-x-none.msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Powerpnt.exe

14.0.7138.5000

2,162,344

26-Oct-2014

13:55

Ppcore.dll

14.0.7147.5000

9,755,816

22-Mar-2015

14:16

Pptico.exe

14.0.7120.5000

3,793,576

04-Mar-2014

15:06

64-bitPowerpoint-x-none.msp file information

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Powerpnt.exe

14.0.7138.5000

2,163,880

26-Oct-2014

13:55

x64

Ppcore.dll

14.0.7147.5000

15,399,592

22-Mar-2015

14:17

x64

Pptico.exe

14.0.7120.5000

3,793,576

04-Mar-2014

15:06

x86

Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.

  2. Type Appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.

  3. Use one of the following procedures, depending on the operating system that you are running.

    • Windows 7 and Windows Vista

      1. Click View installed updates.

      2. In the list of updates, locate and then click update KB2956190, and then click Uninstall.

    • Windows XP

      1. Click to select the Show updates check box.

      2. In the list of updates, locate and then click update KB2956190, and then click Remove.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

  1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.

  2. Type windows update, tap or click Settings, and then tap or click View installed updates in the search results.

  3. In the list of updates, locate and then tap or click update KB2956190, and then tap or click Uninstall.

References

See the information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates. The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office.

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