Microsoft KB Archive/130204

= MPRJ4: Can't Cancel "File Sharing" Dialog When Consolidating =

Article ID: 130204

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q130204



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you consolidate a large number of files, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Project cannot open any more files till you turn File Sharing off. Please switch to control panel and turn sharing off before clicking OK.

If you choose Cancel, you receive the following error message

The file ' ' could not be opened. Continue consolidating without ' '?

where is the name of one of the files that you are consolidating.

If you choose the Yes To All button to continue consolidating, the first error message (about file sharing) continues to appear regardless of whether you choose OK or Cancel.



CAUSE
When you consolidate files in Microsoft Project, each file that you consolidate is locked by OLE. When you consolidate a large number of files (more than 35) your Macintosh may run out of lock ranges, and the "file sharing" error message appears, telling you to turn off File Sharing.

If you cancel the "file sharing" error message, and then choose Yes To All to continue consolidating, and to avoid receiving an error message about each file remaining to be consolidated, you continue to receive the "file sharing" error message for each remaining file whether you choose OK or Cancel.



WORKAROUND
To close the dialog box that contains the "file sharing" error message in this case, turn off File Sharing by doing the following.


 * 1) From the Apple menu, choose Control Panels, and then choose Sharing Setup.
 * 2) Under File Sharing, click the Stop button. In the dialog box that appears asking how many minutes until file sharing is disabled, type "0" (zero, without the quotation marks), and choose OK.
 * 3) Close the File Sharing dialog box.
 * 4) In Microsoft Project, choose either Cancel or OK in the dialog box that contains the "file sharing" error message.

Note that at this point, the remaining project files are consolidated.



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

