Project cannot open the file.}\- Check that the file name and path are correct. \- Check that the file format is recognized ...

{Project cannot open the file.}\- Check that the file name and path are correct.

\- Check that the file format is recognized by Project.

Project files saved in a version earlier than Microsoft Project 2000 can't be opened.

If your file is from an earlier version, open it in that version, click Save as (File menu), and save in MPX format. Open the MPX file in the current version of Project. When you use this method, project data is imported, but formatting is lost.