Microsoft KB Archive/245957

= Task is scheduled from a date that is different from the project start date in Project =

Article ID: 245957

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q245957



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, tasks that have no predecessors or constraints may be scheduled from a start date that is different from the project start date that is found in the Project Information dialog box.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur when you do the following:
 * 1) You insert two or more projects into a master project.
 * 2) You create a predecessor/successor link between the inserted project summary tasks.
 * 3) You do one of the following:
 * 4) * With the inserted projects open in separate windows, you close the master project without saving it, and then you save changes to the projects that were inserted in the master project.
 * 5) * With the inserted projects not open in separate windows, you close the master project without saving it, and you click Yes or Yes to All when prompted whether to save changes to the projects that you inserted in the master project.
 * 6) * You save and close the master project and subprojects, and then you delete the master project.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Project menu, click Project Information.
 * 2) In the Start date box, delete the date.
 * 3) Type the correct start date for the project.

NOTE: This may be the same date that you deleted.
 * 1) Click OK.



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

Additional query words: PRJ2002 PRJ2003 PRJ 2007 prj2000

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB245957

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