FIX: Corrupt Project Error Opening One Project After Another

ID: Q171840

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

After loading one project file (.VBP) and proceeding to load a second project file, Visual Basic 5.0 reports that the second project is corrupted and cannot be loaded. However, the second project opens fine if opened by itself and no message about a corrupted project file appears.

CAUSE

In rare cases, Visual Basic incorrectly reads the project file, which causes this error.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q171554 INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

The instances of this occurring are rare. The project file is not and does not become corrupt. To open the project, close all open projects and reopen the project in question.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbGrpVB kbvbp500sp2fix
Version : 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug