Multiple Versions of the project

M

Marge

Suddenly I am getting multiple versions of the project.
In the project view I can tell which one is the correct
one. But in the Adm view, I can't tell this. When it
happened before and I deleted projects by position in the
project view. I deleted the wrong project. I don't know
why it is publishing the project again. It has the same
name.
Ant help with stopping hte duplicates and figuring out
which duplicates to delet would be appreciated.
 
D

Dale Howard

Marge --

Multiple projects usually occur in Project Server when the project manager
does a Save As..., saves the project as an .mpp file, and then accidentally
publishes the .mpp project. To rectify this situation, you will need to
open the project from within Project Professional, and save it as an .mpp
file. Then ask your Project Server administrator to delete all copies of
the project from the database. Then you will need to import the project
into the Project Server database using Tools - Enterprise Options - Import
Project to Enterprise. In addition, you may need to forbid your project
managers from saving their projects as .mpp files, if this is actually the
source of your problem. Hope this helps.
 
J

J Baird

I had the same problem, but it wasn't caused by people saving .published
files as .mpp, and then republishing them. In fact, the "duplicate" file
went away for a day and then returned!!! We didn't do a thing to the server
when this happened.

I would like to know how duplicate files end up in the server. This
behavior is extremely confusing to the statusers!

Does anyone know how to prevent the duplicate files from ocurring?
 
G

Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]

Jill:

There's a vulnerability in the system that Dale described. When they happen
seemingly by themselves, it's because someone selected the checkbox to
publish on every save. This causes the publish to occur without the user
even knowing it's happening.

1) Apply the patch described in KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812639

2) Turn off publish on every save, because the vulnerability is not entirely
removed by the patch.
 
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