Microsoft KB Archive/186076

= PRJ98: Project Crashes When You Apply the PERT Chart View =

Article ID: 186076

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q186076



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you apply the PERT Chart view, you may receive one of the following error messages.

In Windows 95
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 WINPROJ.EXE at.

In Windows NT
An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

WINPROJ.EXE

Exception: access violation, Address:.

NOTE: This error may be repeated in a different module with a different address.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:


 * 1) Open the project. On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 2) In the Save As Type list, click Project Database (*.mpd).
 * 3) Click Save.
 * 4) In the Export Format dialog box, click Save.
 * 5) On the File menu, click Close.
 * 6) On the File menu, click Open.
 * 7) Click to select the project database (*.mpd) file you just closed, and then click Open.
 * 8) In the Import Format dialog box, click Open.
 * 9) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 10) In the Save As Type list, click Project (*.mpp) format, and then click Save, to resave the project in the default format. If you are asked if you want to replace the existing file, click OK.



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 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

Additional query words: crash crashes crashing crashed quit quitting quits fail fails failing failed break

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