Microsoft KB Archive/285746

= PRJ2000: &quot;Microsoft Project Cannot Find the Shared Resource Pool&quot; When You Open Project File =

PSS ID Number: 285746

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2002

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project 2000

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This article was previously published under Q285746



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you open a project that shares a resource pool, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project cannot find the shared resource pool, &quot;{SQL Server}>\Pool1&quot;. The shared resource pool must be opened first.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if both of the following conditions are true:
 * You saved the resource pool to an SQL database.

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 * You saved the resource pool by using either a User DSN or a File DSN.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Project 2000, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

To obtain SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

288953 PRJ2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Project 2000 SR-1

To temporarily work around this problem, use a System DSN to save the resource pool to the database.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 2000, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg KB285746

Technology: kbProject2000 kbProject2000Search kbProjectSearch

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