PRJ: Project Appears to Stop Responding When You Change the Update Setting in the Links Dialog Box (256686)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project 2000
  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q256686

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, in the Links dialog box, when you click Update Now or you change the Update option, Microsoft Project may either stop responding (hang) or appear to stop responding for several minutes.

CAUSE

This problem occurs under the following circumstances:
  1. You copy cells or entire tasks in one project and paste them into another project using the Paste Link command.
  2. You save and close both projects.
  3. You reopen the second project by itself, and then you click No when prompted with the choice about re-establishing the links.
  4. In the Links dialog box, you click Update Now; or you change the Update setting in the Links dialog box from Automatic to Manual, or from Manual to Automatic.

    NOTE: To locate the Links dialog box, on the Edit menu, click Links.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, open both projects before you try to update links or change the link Update setting.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

This problem does not occur when running Microsoft Project 98 or Microsoft Project 2000 under Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/8/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB256686
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