Windows 10: PowerPoint crashes and then the tmp file turned to a PDF vs PPT file - help!

Any help is appreciated. When my powerpoint crashes and a tmp file is created, the tmp file is a PDF for some reason vs a PPT file. So I lose all of my work each time PPT crashes and this happens daily. Any idea how to change it where the tmp file isn't a PDF?

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PowerPoint file crashes PowerPoint upon opening

since this happens in some of the computers only, suggest that you open the file on working computer and copy everything and paste to a new powerpoint file.
most of the time it works to me. *Smile

 

PowerPoint file crashes PowerPoint upon opening

I just tried saving the file as a PPT and I'm still getting the same results. Is it possible that the files are corrupted and they can be opened on some computers? I haven't heard of something like this happening before.

 

PowerPoint file crashes PowerPoint upon opening

Firstly, I am not that familiar with Powerpoint.
I have only messed it with a few times.

Try this... Use one of these, or all of these, to open the file and see if they will run and save it:
Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012
Lotus Symphony 3.0.1
LibreOffice
Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0

Some other info that may be of use:
The PowerPoint FAQ - PowerPoint Help
PowerPoint won't open my older PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint crashes while opening certain presentations
If the file is password protected... Remove password from a password-protected PowerPoint file
Recovering a corrupt presentation

Goodluck
*Smile