PRJ98: Project Stops Responding When Applying AutoFilter

ID: q187389

The information in this article applies to:

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 this to be a problem in the Microsoft products 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, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q185102
TITLE : 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 PROJFILTER projwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999