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How to Insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint Presentation [Possible Ways]

by Siddartha on April 14, 2012

Making sure to Insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint presentation, which will enhance the interactive nature of your presentation. I’ve personally participated in many  PowerPoint presentations on various competitions and initially I’ve faced few issues like time consumption, extra-work, and sometimes irritated as I need to take the  screenshots or search for related images across the web or design my own images or many more that suits my requirements in order to make my presentation bit interesting and interactive, as I ain’t aware about the fact that we are Insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint presentation.

Later, as time passed I came to know about the fact that it is possible to insert Youtube video in PowerPoint presentation by following few simple steps. Then, I’ve decided to try it out and I’ve successfully given presentations with the embedded Youtube videos. We’ll discuss this tutorial in 2 realtime conditions where the Youtube videos will play with internet and without internet.

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#1. Insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint Presentation [Plays With Internet only]

This process is also having 2 possible ways. These 2 ways will work only if you have internet connectivity.

#a. Insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint using a Plugin

In this method, you need to download & install a plugin (Youtube Wizard) to your PowerPoint application which creates a Direct short-cut for inserting Youtube video to your PowerPoint Toolbar.

  • Click on Insert tab and then click on Youtube Video option.

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  • A Dialog box Insert Youtube Video Wizard will be opened, just click on Next button.
  • Then, you need to enter the Youtube source URL and click on Next button again for 3 times and then click on Finish.
  • Thats it, you’ve inserted Youtube Video successfully, you can also resize the video depending on your requirement. Make sure the video will play only during the slideshow mode (F5).

#b. Insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint Directly

In this method, we are going to insert the videos directly.

  • Click on Insert tab and then click on Video option and then select Video from Online Video Site. (Sometimes the path will be Insert -> Video -> Video from Website).

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  •  A new window will open and you need to place the embed code of your Youtube source video and click on Insert.
  • You’ve added Youtube video successfully, and you can resize the video based on your requirement. Make sure the video will play only during the slideshow mode (F5).

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Thus, these are the 2 possible ways with which you can insert Youtube video in PowerPoint and these methods works only if you are having internet connectivity.

#2. Insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint Presentation [Plays Without Internet]

In this method, after inserting Youtube video into PPT, you can play it without having internet connectivity. This is one of the most reliable method with which your Youtube videos will play without any streaming in your presentation. If you are sure that the destination place will not have internet connectivity than I’d recommend this method as it’s totally rick free and helps you to give seminars anytime and anywhere.

  • Initially you have to Download the Youtube Video onto your PC using Youtube Downloader. The suggestible formats should we either AVI or WMV formats only.
  • Open PowerPoint and click on Insert tab and then click on Video option and select Video from file. Browse and load your downloaded Youtube Video in the PowerPoint. (Video -> Video from file -> load video).

Thus these are the best possible ways to insert Youtube Video in PowerPoint presentation and share your views by commenting below.

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How to Enable Parent Paths in IIS

by Sandeep on June 26, 2011

Skill: Moderate
Estimated Time to Complete: 5 Minutes

The Error:

Server.MapPath() error ‘ASP 0175 : 80004005′
Disallowed Path Characters
/yourfile.asp, line 3
The ‘..’ characters are not allowed in the Path parameter for the MapPath method.

Why does this Error occur?
This error is occurs because when you try to call an ASP method that needs Parent Path’s to be enabled.
For Example:
1. Your database is located in folder, say “database/mydb.mdb” and you are trying to connect to database from other folder, say ‘MySite’. So in your Connection file you set the path to: &Server.Mappath(“../database/mydb.mdb”).
2. Simply,


So if Parent Path’s are disabled, It will throw the above error. Now in this tutorial, We’ll see how to enable Parent Path’s in Internet Information Services.

#1. Click on Start, click on Administrative Tools and click Internet Information Services or Click on Run and type, “inetmgr”.
#2. Click on your Computer name and then click on Sites.
#3. Expand the Sites list and then click on the Name of the Website you want to configure.
#4. In the Website directory, double-click on ASP.
#5. Under the Behavior Tab, You can see Enable Parent Paths.
#6. Set Enable Parent Paths to True.
#7. You are done!

Update: You can also enable Parent Paths in IIS 7 by the below run command.
Just run these commands with Administrator Privilege.

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd unlock config /section:asp

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\APPCMD set config “Default Web Site” -section:system.webServer/asp /enableParentPaths:”true” /commit:apphost

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