Project File Size Grows w/o Adding New Task

[Catfish Hunter]

Last week the project was 13MB this week it's 17.8MB. Why is it growing so
quickly? I have not added any new task.
Is there a size limit on projetcs?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Catfish,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

If you suspect a corrupt file, you could try the suggestions in FAQ Item:
43. File Bloat? - Might be Corruption.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address:http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Catfish Hunter]

Mike, is there a size limit for a project? We're starting to notice some
strange things happen. Work (man-hours) are changing from the baseline work.
Task durations are changing. We're in the 7th week of our 10 week outage and
can not afford any delays on reporting progress or milestone dates. Any
advice is welcomed.

 

[Mike Glen]

Yes, but you talking about up to a million tasks. The prime limit is
governed by the capacity of your machine rather than Project. It sounds to
me that you have corruption. If the procedures in the FAQ haven't worked,
then get out your backup quickly - you do have one don't you?

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Catfish Hunter]

I followed your directions and the project went for 18MG to 10MG.
Our network backs up every night so I do have a back up.
Is there anything else I can do to kill the corruption??

 

[Mike Glen]

I don't know of a way to prevent corruption other that what's in the FAQ. I
would immediately take another backup copy as your nightly backups are
backing up the corruption.

Maybe someone else has something to offer?


Mike Glen
Project MVP