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This project contains links to one or more data sources
Every time I open this project I get this message. have tried everything google suggested, but it isn't a common issue with project, but it is on excel. Additionally, the project is about twice the s...
Apparently at some point you or someone else created imbedded links to the Project file. It could have been a hyperlink, the file was part of a master/subproject structure, a resource pool/sharer structure, or had cross-project links to another file, or perhaps had an imbedded image. Lots of possibilities.
Also, the fact that your file is also much larger than your other similar files indicates there may be corruption. I suggest you try each of the methods in the following Wiki article.
John
I had the same problem and tried the Technet Method 2. Not only did it fix the error message, but my file size went from 18Mb to 8Mb. It was also opening and saving and searching a lot faster. I definitely had file bloat. Thanks jamesbl390 !