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Message: General failure with email system, action could not be completed

Problem

You choose the option to send your presentation as an E-mail and instead of sending the presentation, PowerPoint shows you a mesage like:

General failure with email system, action could not be completed

Send as E-mail option requires Outlook

The Send as E-mail feature in PowerPoint relies on Microsoft Outlook to work properly. If you don't have Outlook installed and set as your default e-mail program, you're likely to see this message.

You can still easliy send PowerPoint files by e-mail:


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Message: General failure with email system, action could not be completed
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