Microsoft KB Archive/130104

= MPRJ4: Project Hangs After Deleting Paste Link Destination =

Article ID: 130104

Article Last Modified on 8/30/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q130104



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, if you delete a paste linked task on the Gantt table, when you enter new information in the location that previously contained the paste linked task, Microsoft Project may hang (stop responding).



CAUSE
This problem occurs if you delete the paste linked task after the source has changed and before the paste linked task has been updated. For example, if you paste link Task1 (source) to rows 2-6 (destination), and then change the information in Task 1, if you delete the task in row 6 before this task has been updated with the new information from the source, Microsoft Project hangs when you enter new information in row 6.

This problem occurs when Microsoft Project attempts to simultaneously delete and update a task.



WORKAROUND
To avoid this problem, when you update a field or task that is a link source, do not delete a destination field or task until the field or task has been updated with the source change.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

