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PRJ98: Project Stops Responding When Applying AutoFilter

Article ID: 187389

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q187389

SYMPTOMS

When you apply an AutoFilter, Microsoft Project may stop responding, and you may receive one of the following error messages.

In Windows 95

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the Problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, you receive the following error message:

WINPROJ caused an invalid page fault in module WINPROJ.EXE at <address>.

In Windows NT

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

Exception access violation (0xc0000005), Address <address>.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you use an AutoFilter on a column with more than approximately 10,000 rows of data.

NOTE: To turn on the AutoFilter, point to Filtered For on the Project menu, and then click AutoFilter. To use AutoFilter, click the arrows next to the column titles.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows Service Release 1 (SR-1).

STATUS

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

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

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Microsoft KB Archive/187389

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