source file contains invalid project

[1Rita1]

While upgrading from Project 2003 to Project 2007 out IT department failed to
close the project I was working on. The project is password protected and
saved to our shared drive. After the upgrade I was able to open the file,
make changes and save the file. The next day I received "password invalid".
I tried to open as read only and I receive:
"The operation cannot be completed because the source file contains invalid
project data or the total number of rows would exceed the limit of 1,048,000
rows in a project.
Validate the data in the source file, insert fewer rows, delete some rows,
or consider dividing your project into subprojects to provide more space for
tasks and resources."
I am able to open other Project files so I'm thinking leaving it open during
the upgrade caused the problem. But I also see I'm not the only one. My
problem is I cannot even open it as Read Only.
I tired renaming it, I tried inserting it, I tried Micorsoft Office
Diagnostics (which did find and fix one error but it doesn't tell me what
error was fixed.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Rita,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

You seem to have taken the usual recovery steps - you might like to try the
suggestions in FAQ Item: 43. Handling project file corruption and/or bloat.
Otherwise - you do have a backup, don't you?

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
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for my free Project Tutorials

 

[Stephen Sanderlin]

The situation you describe should not have caused this issue.

I believe you are encountering a bug that was fixed in SP1.

From the article (KB942386):
Error message when you use Project 2007 to try to save a file that is
protected with a password and that was created in Project 2003: "The
password is incorrect"

You use Project 2007 to open a file that was created in Project 2003.
This file is protected with a password. You try to save the file in
the Project 2007 file format. However, you receive the following error
message:
The password is incorrect

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