Microsoft KB Archive/832395

= &quot;Project Encountered a Problem and Needs to Close&quot; Error Message and Microsoft Project Quits Unexpectedly (Crashes) When You Save Your Project to Project Server =

Article ID: 832395

Article Last Modified on 6/6/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Project Server 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you connect to Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, and you open or create a new project and then save the project to the server, Microsoft Project quits unexpectedly (crashes) and you receive an error message that is similar to the following:

Microsoft Project has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.

Restart Microsoft Project.

Please tell Microsoft about this problem.

We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Project. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.

To see what data this error report contains, click here.

When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to the following:

AppName: winproj.exe AppVer: 11.0.2003.816 ModName: odbcmon.dll ModVer: 10.0.2002.401 Offset: 000038be



CAUSE
This problem occurs if both of the following conditions are true:  You save your project to a database and you use a data source name (DSN) to connect to the database. You save your project by using a file name that contains a space character that comes immediately before (or comes immediately before and immediately after) the following string:

pwd



For example, this problem occurs if you save your project as &quot;MyProject pwd.Published&quot; (without the quotation marks). However, this problem does not occur if you save your project as &quot;Pwd MyProject.Published&quot; (without the quotation marks).



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, when you save your project, do not use a file name that contains a space character that comes immediately before (or comes immediately before and immediately after) the following string:

pwd



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about Microsoft Project, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085795

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