PRJ98: Error Inserting Project Containing Inserted Subprojects (192390)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98 or Microsoft Project 98 Service Release 1 (SR-1), when you insert one or more projects into another project, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Project
Error writing updated settings to registry ().

In addition, if you are running Microsoft Project 98 (not Microsoft Project 98 SR-1), you may receive the following error message:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

When you click Details, you receive the following message:

WINPROJ caused an invalid page fault in module MSO97.DLL at <address>.

CAUSE

These error messages may occur when all of the following conditions are true:

Your operating system is Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98.
In the Insert Project dialog box, you do the following:
- You select multiple projects to insert.
  -and-
- You click to clear the Hide Subtasks check box before clicking Insert.
At least two of the projects you are inserting meet the following conditions:
- They contain an inserted project.
- The Link To Project option is selected.
- The inserted project(s) have been moved or renamed after being inserted.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, under the conditions described in the "Cause" section, do not clear the Hide Subtasks check box in the Insert Project dialog box when you insert multiple projects.

NOTE: After you have inserted all projects with subtasks hidden, you can safely expand them either one at a time or all at once.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.