Microsoft KB Archive/119586

Norton Desktop 3.0 Changes Microsoft Project 4.0 Dialog Boxes

PSS ID Number: Q119586 Article last modified on 11-08-1994

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WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When running Microsoft Project 4.0 under Norton Desktop 3.0, the common dialog boxes used for File Save, File Save As, and File Open are changed to include the Norton Desktop 3.0 FileAssist functionality.

= CAUSE =

Norton Desktop increases the size at bottom of the dialog boxes in Microsoft Project 4.0 to accommodate Norton’s File Description text area, where a user can type in a description of the file, a File Information section that shows the file size and file date, and a series of command buttons to access the Norton Desktop file management functionality. The commands are:

View Find MakeDir Rename Delete Config

The addition of these areas conflicts with the normal functions of the Microsoft Project 4.0 dialog boxes. In the File Save and the File Save As dialog boxes, the security options (passwords) are always visible, even before you choose the Options button. The security options remain inactive (dimmed, but incorrectly visible) until you choose the Options button. When you choose Options, the Microsoft Project 4.0 dialog box then changes to double the normal size–in an attempt to make room for the options that Microsoft Project expects not to show in the first place.

= WORKAROUND =

To disable the FileAssist functionality of Norton Desktop 3.0 within Microsoft Project, do the following:


 * 1) In Project, choose Save As from the File menu.
 * 2) At the bottom of the dialog box, choose the FileAssist Config button.
 * 3) Clear the Option to Enable FileAssist for Winproj4.
 * 4) Choose OK.
 * 5) Choose Yes to confirm the action.

The Norton Desktop products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products’ performance or reliability.

= REFERENCES =

Symantec Norton Desktop version 3.0 user’s guide

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