Microsoft Project Error

Question

Hello I have been working on a programme in MSP for a couple of days and went to open this morning and got this error message:

Its not an old version of Project so not sure why this has happened. I have tried moving the programme to my hard drive and opening from there but no joy.

It has happened to two projects I have been working on....any idea how I can get them to open??

Thanks

Answer 1

Stephen --

The error dialog you see indicates that the project has become corrupted. The only way to recover from this is to work with your backup, assuming you have a backup of this project. Also, you might want to look at the following blog post article about how to automatically create a backup of each of your projects:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/automatically-back-up-project-files-microsoft-dale-howard/

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Hi,

Thanks for posting in our community.

Based on the description, it seems like you were able to open the issue Project MMP normally before this error suddenly happened. If my understanding is correct, kindly check the following needed details for further troubleshooting.

1.May I know if you have recently saved these issue files to a network drive or other not local drive locations?

2.May I know if you have any other backup versions of the files? Check if they can be opened without any error message.

3.Please share us the detailed version of the current Project desktop app you are using. Open Project>click File>click Account and share the complete screenshot similar as the following sample.

We appreciate your understanding that sometimes the initial suggestions may not resolve the problem very soon as we need to have a better understanding of the scenario to make sure to provide the appropriate support. We can work together to narrow down and resolve the situation more efficiently. So, Please kindly provide more information above to let us troubleshoot further.

Best Regards,

Mia

[Updated by Mia Zhao MSFT,  03:25 PM, Jan 21, 2022 (UTC)]

Answer 3

Mia,

For reference, the ability to save to the MPX format was dropped several versions ago. If memory serves me correctly I believe Project 2007 was the last version that supported the MPX format.

John

Answer 4

Hi,

Feel free to post back if there have anything else we can share with you.

Best Regards,

Mia