Save file taking an hour = Corrupt?

[Louis K]

I have one project (out of several dozen) that routinely takes over an hour
to save in MSPS 2003 Enterprise. Tried to save as XML in order to attempt the
delete/import option, but the save fails.

Managed to save offline to try the binary rebuild force. When we got to the
database, the PROJ_EXT_EDITED field was already set to 1. We set tthe field
to '0' then back to '1'.

Trying to save online now - it's been 20 minutes already and the progress
bar is not moving.....

Options now?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Louis K --

Have you tried saving the project as an .mpd file instead of .xml? That is
one of two ways to repair a corrupted project. Let us know.

 

[Louis K]

Same problem trying to save to .mpd --> save has been hanging for the past
hour, CPU on my laptop (IBM T41 w/512k) is pegged with 99% allocated to MS
Project. I'll leave it running for the next couple of hours while I'm in
meetings, see if the save ever completes...

 

[Louis K]

No luck. At this point given the relatively small number of tasks, I'm
planning to delete the file then recreate manually and adjust the actuals in
from the timesheets.

Unless someone has a better idea.