# How to open a specific PowerPoint file when PowerPoint starts

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-a-specific-powerpoint-file-when-powerpoint-starts/795726 "2017-09-07T13:11:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-a-specific-powerpoint-file-when-powerpoint-starts/795726/1 "2017-09-07T13:11:55Z")

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I have created a file called Macros.pptm that contains PowerPoint macros that I want to be available on the Ribbon and quick access toolbar. PowerPoint does not have a standard file that opens whenever the application is opened, unlike Excel (PERSONAL.xlsb) and Word (Normal.docm). There does not even appear to be a way to make your own (Word has a STARTUP folder, so it opens everything in that folder whenever the application starts).

When I assign Ribbon buttons to macros in Macros.pptm, they will not run unless that file is open.

Is there any way to automatically open that file every time I open PowerPoint?

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-a-specific-powerpoint-file-when-powerpoint-starts/795726/2 "2017-09-08T03:16:27Z")

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Edit the PowerPoint shortcut and add the filename at the end of it.

so it’s like c:\program files\blah blah\powerpoint.exe “my-macro-virus.pptx”"