Can't open Global.mpt by double-clicking it
Article ID: 169730
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
- Microsoft Project 2002 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1a
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q169730
SYMPTOMS
When you double-click the Global.mpt file, you receive the following
error message:
The global template file Global.mpt cannot be opened. You
cannot open the currently active global template file.
CAUSE
When you start Microsoft Project, it automatically loads the Global.mpt
file in the background. If you then double-click the Global.mpt file to
open it, you receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section
of this article.
STATUS
This behavior is by design. You cannot open the
Global.mpt template file by double-clicking it.
Additional query words: prj2000 The global template file mpt cannot be opened PRJ
Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB169730