Converting Project 95 files to project 2000

[vcestone]

how can I convert Project 95 files to project 2000 when
you don't have previous versions of project.

All we have is project 2000.

 

[John]

v stone,
If you don't know anyone who has Project 98 and you don't mind sending
the files over the internet, zip them and e-mail them to me. If they are
not corrupt, I will translate them to Project 2000 and send them back.

John

 

[Kyle]

I am having the same problem. We have MS Project 2000 and need to open a MS Project v4.0 file. Why hasn't a conversion utility been created for this problem? And whatever happened to backwards compatibility?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Kyle,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Well, backwards compatibility is OK back 6 years to P98. I have P98 if you
would like me to convert them (zipped please). Otherwise, ebay have pretty
cheap prices for this very old version.

Please see FAQ Item: 27. Project 4 to Project 2000.

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

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

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Steve House]

LOL - try reading a DOS 3.1 formatted 360kb, 5 1/4 inch disk on your new
laptop. Backwards compatibility is one thing but Stone Age (ok, well,
Bronze Age maybe) compatibility is another. Project 4 came out somewhere
around 1990-92 as I recall and was written for Windows 3.1 which makes it
basically a 16-bit DOS application with a coat of Windows paint. Before
going through the hassles of conversion, I'd ask myself if there really
anything in a 10 year old project file that is going to be all that useful
or relevant to a new project you're building today? I'd expect the profound
changes in technology, techniques, and costs over the past decade in most
industries are going to render almost all the information there irrelevant
to projects conducted in today's environment. Perhaps dig through the
software archives in the IT department and see if they still have a copy of
MSP4 - it should run with today's OS, albeit probably in compatibility mode.
Don't know anyone who's tried it but it's worth a shot if the file really
does have important info and then you could export the data over to Excel
for incorporation into your new project file.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

I am having the same problem. We have MS Project 2000 and need to open a

MS Project v4.0 file. Why hasn't a conversion utility been created for this
problem? And whatever happened to backwards compatibility?