password protection - saving as same file name; & deleting.

[PG]

I'm having problems/concerns using password protection on project
professional 2007 and received some good guidance from JulieS here on
discussion a few weeks back, and I’m now aiming to establish if madness or
bugs exist in everyones software, even with the latest updates?

SAVING PASSWORD USING SAVE AS
The way i’m password protecting a file is to go "File > Save As,
click the Tools button (next to the Save button in Project 2007), General
options"

PROBLEM SAVING TO SAME FILE NAME. If i try to save with the same file name,
an
error code 0x8c04001b comes up, and wont save.

AS A WORK AROUND i save the file (called FINANCE) as a different name,,,eg
FINANCE2. then i change the original file to say FINANCE3, and then change my
new password protected
FINANCE2 file back to FINANCE. Its important i use the same file name as it's
inserted in a master project file, and has interdependencies with other
files, including resource pool.
Does anyone see any concerns with me doing this workaround??

MY CONCERN DOING THIS WORK AROUND WITH MY MASTR PROJECT FILE
As my master project file is linked to 25 other projects, i'm being
cautious. Does anyone see any concerns in me doing this work around (saving
as a diff file name, then changing file name to original name) with my master
file with all its links to other projects??

DELETING PASSWORD
Is anyone aware of a problem doing this, or better still a foolproof way to
delete passwords??

Thanks in advance
Peter

 

[Rod Gill]

It's certainly risky to save as a new file name then rename. Don't mess with
DDE links otherwise you roll the file corruption dice.

I saved a file with a password, closed, opened and save as again to same
name and it worked as expected (Project 2007 SP2).

I'm wondering if you already have a file corruption. With that many linked
files you're high risk!
Is the error happening with all files or just some?

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com

I'm having problems/concerns using password protection on project
professional 2007 and received some good guidance from JulieS here on
discussion a few weeks back, and I’m now aiming to establish if madness or
bugs exist in everyones software, even with the latest updates?

SAVING PASSWORD USING SAVE AS
The way i’m password protecting a file is to go "File > Save As,
click the Tools button (next to the Save button in Project 2007), General
options"

PROBLEM SAVING TO SAME FILE NAME. If i try to save with the same file
name,
an
error code 0x8c04001b comes up, and wont save.

AS A WORK AROUND i save the file (called FINANCE) as a different
name,,,eg
FINANCE2. then i change the original file to say FINANCE3, and then change
my
new password protected
FINANCE2 file back to FINANCE. Its important i use the same file name as
it's
inserted in a master project file, and has interdependencies with other
files, including resource pool.
Does anyone see any concerns with me doing this workaround??

MY CONCERN DOING THIS WORK AROUND WITH MY MASTR PROJECT FILE
As my master project file is linked to 25 other projects, i'm being
cautious. Does anyone see any concerns in me doing this work around
(saving
as a diff file name, then changing file name to original name) with my
master
file with all its links to other projects??

DELETING PASSWORD
Is anyone aware of a problem doing this, or better still a foolproof way
to
delete passwords??

Thanks in advance
Peter


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[PG]

the error is happening with all files. I also have SP2. when you
successfully saved with a password, did you follow the same process as me,
which is "File > Save As,
click the Tools button (next to the Save button in Project 2007), General
options" OR another way??
thanks. Peter

PS..sorry for delay in responding. I ticked "notify me of replies", but this
discussion system is not notifying me.

 

[Rod Gill]

Same method. Try saving a file to xml then back again and see if it still
happens. If not, then definitely corruption.

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com

the error is happening with all files. I also have SP2. when you
successfully saved with a password, did you follow the same process as me,
which is "File > Save As,
click the Tools button (next to the Save button in Project 2007), General
options" OR another way??
thanks. Peter

PS..sorry for delay in responding. I ticked "notify me of replies", but
this
discussion system is not notifying me.




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[PG]

Tks Rod. I’m not sure i understand your instructions as i’m having problems.
I can save as an xml file OK. But when i go to open it, it opens via IE web
browser (files where i am are saved on a shared network, which may explain
this). Anyway, when it opens in IE, and go to file/save as, the only type
options to save as are xml, xls or *.*, but not mpp. This password stuff
with ms project is a nightmare! I did read here on discussion that strange
things happened.
I tried another work around by saving the mpp file with password to another
folder/location. And that worked. But then when i went to open, it said
wrong password, so i could’nt open it. I ‘ve tried with 2 diff’ files, and
same problem.

i’m looking at doing a re-install of the project software and see if that
fixes things. It will take me a few days to do this...long story as need IT
to help where i work (who cant by the way help with this project problem).
I’ll let u know how i go. And if i do succeed, i’m still concerned about
finding a foolproof way to change or delete a password.
rgds Peter

 

[Rod Gill]

That I'm aware of, there are no problems with saving and clearing passwords.
The problem is either with your installation or corruptions in your files.
Large numbers of links (master files, resource pools, inter-project links
simply roll the corruption dice more often.

Once you have an xml file, in Project go file open and select file type xml
and open the one you created before.

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com

Tks Rod. I’m not sure i understand your instructions as i’m having
problems.
I can save as an xml file OK. But when i go to open it, it opens via IE
web
browser (files where i am are saved on a shared network, which may explain
this). Anyway, when it opens in IE, and go to file/save as, the only type
options to save as are xml, xls or *.*, but not mpp. This password stuff
with ms project is a nightmare! I did read here on discussion that
strange
things happened.
I tried another work around by saving the mpp file with password to
another
folder/location. And that worked. But then when i went to open, it said
wrong password, so i could’nt open it. I ‘ve tried with 2 diff’ files,
and
same problem.

i’m looking at doing a re-install of the project software and see if that
fixes things. It will take me a few days to do this...long story as need
IT
to help where i work (who cant by the way help with this project problem).
I’ll let u know how i go. And if i do succeed, i’m still concerned about
finding a foolproof way to change or delete a password.
rgds Peter




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[PG]

i converted the xml file ok now, but same error problem. I'm working at a
university, and someone in IT had the same problem with files not related to
mine, so it appears that maybe there is a corruption with the program
installation on our Uni shared drive. things move slowly in Uni's
unfortanetly, so it may take a few days to have it re-installed, then if
still a problem, it could be a problem with project not being compatable with
the way the Uni network is configured. next step would be the uni IT asking
Microsoft technical for the solution. i phoned MS, but they wanted $390 to
answer my question!. I'll keep you posted. thanks again for your suppport.

 

[Rod Gill]

Good luck!

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com

i converted the xml file ok now, but same error problem. I'm working at a
university, and someone in IT had the same problem with files not related
to
mine, so it appears that maybe there is a corruption with the program
installation on our Uni shared drive. things move slowly in Uni's
unfortanetly, so it may take a few days to have it re-installed, then if
still a problem, it could be a problem with project not being compatable
with
the way the Uni network is configured. next step would be the uni IT
asking
Microsoft technical for the solution. i phoned MS, but they wanted $390
to
answer my question!. I'll keep you posted. thanks again for your
suppport.




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