5 Easy Ways to Recover a Corrupted PowerPoint PPTX File

Way 1: Change the Location of Your PPTX Presentation

 Why we need to change the location of your PowerPoint presentation that cannot be opened? As we know, when there is an error in the hard disk, you will probably get into the trouble of opening the files in it. So, taking this into consideration, you can move the PPTX file to another location, such as from hard disk 1 to hard disk 2, from internal disk to external disk, and from removable drive to internal hard disk.

How to change the location of the corrupted PPTX file? So easy! Just go to where your PowerPoint presentation lies and then copy the presentation. After that, navigate to the destination location and then paste the presentation. Finally, open the PPTX file again and check whether the error gets solved or not. If not, keep on reading next solution.

Way 2: Add Corrupted Slides into a New PowerPoint File

Step 1: Launch the Microsoft PowerPoint program and then you will enter a new and blank PPTX file. Click the Home button and then click the arrow of the New Slide option. After that, choose Reuse Slides from the drop-down menu.

Step 2: Click the Browse button and then choose Browse File.  Then choose your corrupted PPTX file and click the Open button.

Step 3: If it successfully recovers your slides, right-click any slide and select the Insert All Slides option. 

If it pops out the following window, it means that it fails to recover your content. You need to try other solutions.

Way 3: Try to Open the PPTX File in Safe Mode

 The corruption of your PPTX file might result from the add-ins.  You can try to open the corrupted PowerPoint PPTX file in safe mode to get this issue solved.

Step 1: Press Win + R key on your keyboard and you will see the Run dialog box. Then enter powerpnt.exe /safe and press Enter key. After that, you will start MS PowerPoint in safe mode.

Step 2: Click File > Open and then select the corrupted PPTX file to open.

Step 3: If you make it open successfully, the reason for your PPTX file corruption is clear. You need to reinstall Microsoft PowerPoint to prevent this from happening again. If you fail to open the file and still get the error message, you can go ahead to read another solution.

Way 4: Open and Repair the Corrupted PPTX

Microsoft PowerPoint has the built-in repair tool that helps users to open and repair the corrupted presentation. You can have a try.

First of all, you can open MS PowerPoint program and then click the File > Open. Then navigate to the corrupted PPTX file and select it. Finally, click the arrow behind Open button and choose Open and Repair from the menu.  After that, you can just wait for the result.

Way 5: Recover the Corrupted PowerPoint File with PowerPoint Repair Genius

If you try all ways above and none of them can help, you can use the professional PowerPoint repair tool—iSunshare PowerPoint Repair Geniusto repair the corrupted PPTX file.  This software can help you to open and repair the corrupted or damaged PPTX file in minutes which will not change your presentation structure and formatting.

Step 1: Download and install iSunshare PowerPoint Repair Genius on your computer.

Step 2: Close the MS PowerPoint program and then run iSunshare PowerPoint Repair Genius. After that, click the Open button to add your PPTX file. When it is added, click the Recover button.

Step 3: In no time, the software will start repairing your PowerPoint presentation.

Step 4: When the repairing ends, you will get the notification. Click the OK button and then click the Save button to save the repaired PPTX file into your local computer. You can decide where to save the repaired file.

Step 5: In the end, you can select to open and view the repaired content when it is saved successfully.

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