Ok, so I created a PowerPoint presentation, I utilized the Windows media player object, and used the URL to be the name of the video. I keep all the videos in the same folder as the presentation.

Working:
-Manually Opening the PowerPoint show, everything works fine.
-Going to RUN, entering the path of the PowerPoint file, everything plays fine after opening.

NOT Working:
-If I package everything in winrar archive and write a script to open the file after extraction, it opens the PowerPoint show, but the video quickly flashes opening media, and nothing plays.

-If I create a batch file, and say Start and the name of the PowerPoint, it opens the powerpoint, and the video doesnt play.

I could have sworn this worked before. Did Microsoft impose some new security that keeps this from working now?

I want to package a file that an end user can just double-click and everything plays and works without any hassle for them.

Thanks for the help on this!