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willard800
Copper Contributor
May 11, 2023

FILE TASK DATES CHANGE UPON OPENING FILE

Hello All.  Need a fix for Project file issue.  and Individual emailed out a Project file to several of us. However, when I open the file some of the dates change from 2023 to 2025 and 2026.

I asked one other person who received the file to open it, his dates are the corrrect dates (2023-24).  He forwarded me his file, but the dates change upon opening.

WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THE TASK DATES TO CHANGE WHEN I OPEN THE FILE?

I tried closing and reopening Project.  Tried saving the file directly from email.  

a resolution would be much appreciated.

  • John-project's avatar
    John-project
    Silver Contributor
    May 11, 2023
    willard800,
    Take a look at your option settings for Project. Do you perhaps have your option set to use a non-default fiscal year for all new projects (e.g. July instead of January)? Or, do you have your option set for all auto scheduled tasks to start on the current date for all new projects?

    John
    • willard800's avatar
      willard800
      Copper Contributor
      May 11, 2023
      Thanks for your reply John. No to both. Default Fiscal Yr start January. 2) New projects - New tasks = Manually Scheduled
      • John-project's avatar
        John-project
        Silver Contributor
        May 11, 2023
        willard800,
        Are all the tasks in the project that was sent to you manually scheduled? What happens if you change them to auto-scheduled?

        Try changing your options so that scheduling applies to the project in question instead of for "new projects".

        John

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