Subtasks disappearing

[Fran]

I am working in Project 2003 with a project plan that is about 2000 tasks in
length. When I complete a task and all the subtasks under a higher level
task are complete, I collapse the higher level task. Time will pass and I
will come back to review the detail subtasks, but will find the subtask task
name has disappeared. I have checked filters and everything I can think of,
but have not been able to recover the subtask task name. Any suggestions?

 

[Redneck David]

Have you tried closing and reopening the file.

Similar things have happened to me when I have to much going on at the same
time. I close programs and free up some memory.

That might work for you.

 

[Sandra]

Good advice David.

I FREQUENTLY have this problem when I work through a wireless connection.
It consistantly erases the names of the tasks. The task names it *picks* to
erase are random. MSProject is VERY sensitive to network glitches.

If you're on wireless try switching to wired.

 

[Fran]

Thanks Redneck Dave and Sandra, it is true I have quite a few applications
open when I discovered the error. That might be part of the problem. I am
not on a wireless so that does not appear to be the problem. One of my gurus
suggested I run detect and repair. I did that this morning and will see what
happens.

 

[JulieS]

Fran,

I also suggest checking your service pack level. I saw similar issues
with installations without service pack 2 installed.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
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