Message: "PowerPoint has stopped working" when editing a presentation
Problem
You run PowerPoint on a Macintosh under Boot Camp; whenever you try to edit a presentation, PowerPoint is liable to stop working with an error message telling you that "PowerPoint has stopped working".
Solution
This problem is related to Bootcamp 3.2 and how it treats the keyboard. Some versions of Bootcamp and/or Bootcamp updates disable a keyboard setting in Windows. To fix the problem:
- Open Control Panel
- In view mode View by Category, find the section Clock, Language and Region
- Click Change Keyboards or other input methods
- Press the button Change Keyboards
- Press the button Add
- Scroll down to English (United States) and expand.
- Check box US
- Press OK.
- Press OK. You’ll see two keyboards listed: US and United States (Apple)
- Press OK.
Thanks to Kevin for posting this solution on the PowerPoint answers forum!