Scott Button - 2010-10-27

Why is MS Project so slow to start?

This may be caused by global.mpt bloat. This bloat can be caused by many uninstall/reinstall cycles of Spherical Angle Products.

To check for this condition, look at the file size of your global.mpt. This is found in a directory similar to the following:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\Application Data\Microsoft\MS Project\11\1033 If your global.mpt is 10,000K (10M) or bigger, you should follow the below procedure.

Alternative 1:
Uninstall your Spherical Angle product.
Rename your global.mpt to "oldGlobal.mpt"
Re-install your Spherical Angle product.
If you have any custom views, tables or filters, copy these from your "oldGlobal.mpt" to your "Global.mpt" using your organizer.

Alternative 2:
Rename your global.mpt to "oldGlobal.mpt"
Launch MS Project. You will get an error message that ends with "Add-in may not work correctly"
Open the file "PulseInstall2000.mpp" from the path "C:\Program Files\Looking Glass Suite\cc-MPulse 1.0.32" (Last directory is the name and current version of your Spherical Angle product)
Using your Organizer, copy all task and resource toolbars, views, tables and filters that have “Pulse” in the name from PulseInstall2000 to your global.mpt.
If you have any custom views, tables or filters, copy these from your "oldGlobal.mpt" to your "Global.mpt" using your organizer.