Why does Project 2010 Pro crash on cut and paste operation, among many other problems?

Question

I guess my question has more to do with this: I'm trying to find a hotfix, patch or update for this. Can you advise?
Thanks,
Aldo

Answer 1

Hi, Mike,
Thank you for your very informative reply. Please accept the comments below in the interest of understanding the problem a little better. I will read your articles and comment on them, if applicable.
What I think you are suggesting is basically for me to provide more information. Perhaps you could advise on how my concern could best be addressed. It's a simple matter of copying and pasting lines until it crashes, which I can't understand why I would
want to avoid, particularly when the actions of the interface clearly support it. So, from a UI design perspective I have to ask, if this is a valid task for an Excel spreadsheet why is it not for a Project spreadsheet?
Please bear in mind that the issue here is not related to the effective use of the product, but quite plainly why doesn't this stuff work out of the box on a simple paste operation?
By "Adding", in my previous comments, I mean go to the "Project" ribbon, and select the "Subproject" button. Following is a very detailed set of steps.
1. Open Microsoft Project 2010 Professional, in either 64 bit or 32 bit mode.
2. About Microsoft Project displays (14.0.4751.1000) MSO (14.0.4760.1000), by going to the quick access tool bar, selecting "Customize quick access tool bar", selecting "More commands", selecting from the pull-down "Choose commands
from" the option "All commands", and then the "About" option in the list view right below it. Press the "Add" button in the middle of the form. Press the OK button. You will see the about button on the quick access bar. Press
the button to see what version of the software this is. If you need additional information to help troubleshoot the issue, please let me know.
3. On the currently open default blank project, first save the project by pressing the save button on the quick access tool bar. I've named this file "Project1.mpp", and the physical file location is the Documents folder on Windows 7. The task
name becomes "Task 1". I then click outside the row.
4. Select the entire row by clicking on the number column to the left of the spreadsheet. Press the "C" key while holding down the "Control" key. Now select the next row and press the "V" key, while holding down the "Control"
key. Do it again if it makes you feel better.
5. Press Ctrl-S to save. Now close the project by clicking on the "File" menu and selecting the close button.
6. Create a new Project file, by selecting "File", then "New", then "Blank project", then "Create". Repeat steps 3 through 5 but this time name the project "Project2.mpp"
7. Click on an empty row on the spreadsheet. This will serve as the placement location of the sub-project. Click on the project tab, Click on the  "Subproject" button on the left of the ribbon and select Project1.mpp. Your original Project1
will appear as a sub-project. Select a row in this subproject and copy and paste this row onto the previous project. Everything should work fine and your rows should paste.
8. Now try pasting onto the same subproject on the row below. The application crashes.
Thanks again for your reply,
Aldo