Project: MPX File Does Not Preserve Milestone Property (139537)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 95 4.1
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 3.0
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q139537

SYMPTOMS

If you mark a summary task as a milestone, save the file as an MPX file, and then reopen it, the summary task will no longer be marked as a milestone.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you must re-enable the milestone setting manually. To do this, use the following steps:

  1. Select the summary task.
  2. On the Insert menu, click Task Information.
  3. Click the Advanced tab.
  4. Select the Mark Task As Milestone check box.
  5. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/25/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbpending kbusage KB139537
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