Recovery for Project Frequently Asked Questions
If you have a problem that is not covered by this FAQ, do not hesitate to contact our technical support team.
Can Recovery for Project recover my Project file(s)?
The effective way to find out if a Project file is recoverable is to try the demo version of Recovery for Project on it. Visit the Download Demo page to get a free copy of the demo.
Product specifications with lists of items recovered and not recovered is available at the Product Information page.
Always backup your original corrupted Project file before proceeding with any recovery activity!
I have tried the demo. How do I decide whether to purchase the full version of Recovery for Project?
You can decide this by evaluating the results of demo recovery. The demo version recovers limited number of the database rows. In the remaining rows the following fields of the MSP_TASKS table will be replaced by 'demo' text:
- TASK_START_DATE
- TASK_NAME
- TASK_FINISH_DATE
Full version will restore demo-limited rows as well.
Note that no additional tables or records or any other elements or features of the original Project file will be recovered by commercial version of Recovery for Project if not present in demo output.
For more information see the Recovery for Project online help.
What is the difference between Standard License and Enterprise License?
The license type refers to the number of copies to be used simultaneously. Standard license is intended for small business and individual use. One license allows one installation of Recovery for Project and servicing an internal domain up to 50 computers. Primary user of the computer where the Recovery for Project is installed may have another copy on their portable computer for exclusive usage.
Enterprise license gives the right to install two copies of Recovery for Project and servicing an internal domain of 250 computers total.
Both types of license do not have any limitations on the number, size and authorship of the Project files to be recovered.
Please, note that to use Recovery for Project in data recovery service you have to obtain the annually renewed Franchise license!
See License Information page for full disclosure and assistance.
Why do recovered files contain less data than the original Project file?
This is normal. The damaged parts of your Project file will convert to zero size on output. The other common reason of file size decrease is when some of features of the original Project file are not supported and therefore appropriate data is absent from the resulting files.
Demo-recovered files mostly consist of demo placeholders than actual data from the original Project file.
I'm getting an Internal Program Error while using Recovery for Project. What can be done?
Please, run Recovery for Project in a logged mode and contact our support team with detailed description of the problem and the log file.
To create log file, please hold the SHIFT key while clicking the Recover button on the toolbar or selecting the Recover: item in the main menu. You can also press CTRL+SHIFT+R after launching the program.
I'm getting an error message that there's not enough free space. Is there a workaround for this?
Yes, if there is other drive with free space available (2-3 times of the original Project file size). Fix the Windows environment variable to use it. Do the following:
- Open System in Control Panel.
- On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables, then click the name of the user variable (TEMP or TMP) you want to change.
- Click Edit to change value.
- Set path to the location where temporary data should be stored (e.g., e:\).
- Restart computer for changes to take in effect.
- Run the software again.
You can also use the special environment variable called OFFICERECOVERY_TMP to set the directory where Recovery for Project should store its temporary files. Use the method shown above to add/edit environment variable.
Is there any way to run Recovery for Project from command line (through Windows Start -> Run menu)?
Yes, you can easily run Recovery for Project from command line and use it in your batch sceneries. The format for this call is:
prr.exe <original filename with path> "<path to directory to store the recovered file(s)>"
(without angle brackets).
Please, note that the directory for recovered file(s) should be created before starting the recovery!
Command line mode supports patterns ‘*’ (replaces group of symbols) and ‘?’ (replaces one symbol).
After running Recovery for Project on the corrupted Project file, a folder with sql script(s) and batch file has been created. How could these files be transfigured into a new Project file? To recreate Project file, process resulting sql scripts starting with schema.sql and following by dataNNNN.sql. The Project file will be recreated from scratch. To make the import procedure more convenient for the end-user an appropriate batch file is automatically created and put in the same folder as sql script(s).
I have a Project file saved in native Microsoft Project format .MPP. Is there any possibility to restore it using Recovery for Project?
Current version of Recovery for Project is only able to recover Project files stored in SQL Server format (.MDF).
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