Microsoft KB Archive/113203

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PRJ4: PlanningWizard Options Ignored w/Incorrect .INI Setting

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Q113203

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
If the Top Gun Case Options setting in your WINPROJ4.INI file is missing values or contains non-numeric values, you are not able to set the PlanningWizards options from within Microsoft Project.

For example, under this condition, if you turn off an individual PlanningWizard by selecting the Don't Tell Me About This Again check box when that PlanningWizard appears, that PlanningWizard is only turned off in the current session of Microsoft Project.

WORKAROUND
You can reset the PlanningWizard options by doing either of the following:

Edit the WINPROJ4.INI file by doing the following:


 * 1) Close Microsoft Project.
 * 2) In Windows Notepad, open the WINPROJ4.INI file (located in the WINDOWS directory). Remove the line containing the Top Gun Case Options setting.
 * 3) Save the file and exit Notepad.
 * 4) Start Microsoft Project.

The Top Gun Case Options setting is restored to the default setting, all PlanningWizards are turned on. When you turn off individual PlanningWizards or all PlanningWizards, they will still be off when you exit the current session and start Microsoft Project again.

Use the Options dialog box


 * 1) In Microsoft Project, choose Options from the Tools menu.
 * 2) Select the General tab. Under PlanningWizard, select the Advice From PlanningWizard check box. Then clear the Advice About Using Project, the Advice About Errors and the Advice About Scheduling check boxes.
 * 3) Select the check boxes for the PlanningWizards you want to be displayed and choose OK.

MORE INFORMATION
In the WINPROJ4.INI file, the Top Gun Case Options setting determines whether or not to display an individual PlanningWizard. There are a total of 37 setting values, corresponding to the 37 PlanningWizards. A setting value of "1" means that the PlanningWizard that uses that value appears; "0" means the PlanningWizard that uses that value does not appear.

If this setting is missing a value, the PlanningWizard that uses the missing value is displayed, and you cannot prevent that PlanningWizard from being displayed by selecting the Don't Tell Me About This Again check box in the PlanningWizard dialog box.

If this setting contains an incorrect value, the PlanningWizard that uses that incorrect value is not displayed.

In summary, when this setting is missing values or contains incorrect values, this setting cannot be modified from within Microsoft Project unless you reset all of the PlanningWizards using the steps listed in the second workaround above.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Exit Microsoft Project. Open the WINPROJ4.INI file in Windows Notepad. This file can be found in the directory in which you installed Microsoft Project. Locate the Top Gun Case Options line, and modify the line to read as follows:
 * 2) Close and save the WINPROJ4.INI file and exit Notepad.
 * 3) Start Microsoft Project.
 * 4) From the Tools menu, choose Options. Select the General tab.

Note that the Advice From PlanningWizard check box is selected, and the individual PlanningWizard check boxes are unavailable (dimmed). Select the Advice About Errors check box and choose OK.
 * 1) In a new project, enter two tasks, T1 and T2 respectively. Select T2, and choose Task Information from Insert menu. Select the Advanced tab, and from the Type list, select Must Start On. Select the Predecessors tab, and in the Task Name field, type T1 and choose OK.

A PlanningWizard appears with options for the scheduling conflict.
 * 1) Select the Don't Tell Me About This Again check box and choose OK.
 * 2) Exit Microsoft Project, and choose No in the dialog box that prompts you to save changes to the file.
 * 3) Repeat Steps 5 and 6.

Note that the same PlanningWizard appears even though you chose to disable this PlanningWizard. Also, the Advice About Errors check box on the General tab of the Options dialog box is still unavailable (dimmed).

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