PRJ: Copied Project Tasks Do Not Appear in Outlook Task List (184611)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q184611

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, if you duplicate tasks that are assigned to a resource, the duplicated tasks may not appear in the resource's task list in Microsoft Outlook.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:
  • Resources assigned to a project display their tasks in the task list in Microsoft Outlook.

    -and-

  • In Microsoft Project, you copy one or more tasks that are assigned to a resource and have also been accepted by that resource.

    -and-

  • In Microsoft Project , you paste the copied tasks as new tasks in the project.
Outlook incorrectly identifies the copied tasks as the same task that already exists in the task list.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, do not duplicate an entire task, but only copy and paste selected fields into a new task but. If you select and copy the entire task, you will experience the symptoms described earlier.

STATUS

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

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

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/17/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbinterop KB184611
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