PRJ98: Crash or Memory Error When Opening a Consolidated Project

ID: q189231

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you open a consolidated project you may receive a message indicating that your computer has run out of memory.

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Microsoft Project stops responding and you receive the either of the following error messages.

Windows 95

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the Problem persists, contact the program vendor.
When you click Details, you receive the following error message:
WINPROJ caused an invalid page fault in module WINPROJ.EXE at <address>.

Windows NT

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

Winproj.exe
Exception: access violation: <number>, Address: <address>


CAUSE

This problem may occur when you open a consolidated project and the Calculation option is set to Manual.


RESOLUTION

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

To temporarily work around this behavior if you do not have SR-1, change the Calculation option to Automatic. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.


  2. Click the Calculation tab.


  3. Under Calculation, click Automatic. Click OK.



STATUS

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


For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

Additional query words: crash crashes crashing crashed quit quitting quits fail fails failing failed break 


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta projwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 12, 1999