## New Tasks Not Visible After Choosing "Open Your Last File"

Q119935

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, version 4.0

## SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 4.0, if you choose the Open Your Last File button in the Welcome dialog box, new tasks that you enter may appear in the Project1 file (which is in the background) rather than in the active project.

## CAUSE

This problem occurs only if the Tip Of The Day option is active when you start Microsoft Project.

## WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow the appropriate procedure below:

- If the Tip of the Day does not show on startup, then the tasks can be entered as usual. To turn off the Tip of the Day, choose Options from the Tools menu, and select the General tab. On the General tab, clear the Show Tips At Startup check box.

> -or-

- If you want to keep the Tip of the Day active, do the following:

1. Before you type in any tasks or resources, select Project1 from the Window menu.
2. From the Window menu, choose Project2.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

## MORE INFORMATION

### Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a file with several tasks and save it as PROJECT2.MPP.
2. From the Tools menu, choose Options. On the General tab make sure that Show Tips At Startup and the Show Welcome Screen Dialog On Startup check boxes are selected.
3. Quit Project.
4. Restart Microsoft Project, and choose the Open Your Last File button in the Welcome screen.
5. Choose OK in the Tip Of The Day dialog box.
6. Select a blank cell in the Project2 file and type in a task.

NOTE: Any new tasks entered in Project2 do not appear. If you select Project1 from the Window menu, the new tasks entered in Project2 appear in this file.

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Issue type : kbbug
Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbProjectSearch kbProject400Mac kbProjectMacSearch kbProject400

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