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Microsoft Project Crashes! Corrupt .mpp

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tab5nrc

IS-IT--Management
Aug 19, 2008
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US
When attempting to open a specific .mpp file I receive this error message:


There was a problem opening this project last time, do you want to attempt a repair?


If I choose yes or no for the repair I still get the same result after, which is another message saying:


This action will cause a scheduling conflict. Task 266 of XXX with status upd...'has a task constraint or is linked to a task that cannot move, and as a resultthe constraint or the link cannot be set.

You can, cancel
continue


No matter what I choose from here Project will crash and ask to send an error report and will restart Project. If only does this for one .mpp I have no problem with others and I have tested this file on multiple PCs and on both Project 2003 and Project 2007. All office updates and service packs have been installed. So it looks like to me that this file is corrupt somehow. Does anyone know how I can go about recovering this file? I had tried a Project file recover tool that I DLed after doing a google search but it said that there was nothing wrong with the file.
 
I'm not sure about recovering your file - but I can take a guess why it happened.

Don't ever... //ever//... use project on a wireless connection. The slightest glitch and *pfft* gone.


Yet another unchecked rambling brought to you by:
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