March 10, 2020, update for Project 2016 (KB3085454)

Applies To
Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016

This article describes update 3085454 for Microsoft Project 2016 that was released on March 10, 2020.

Be aware that the update in the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2016. It doesn't apply to the Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home (see What version of Office am I using?).

Improvements and fixes

This update fixes the following issue:

  • Project may take a long time to save projects. This is especially true of projects that have many custom field values. This causes delays in publishing, check-in jobs, and other related actions.

How to download and install the update

Download Center

      

This update is only available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

If you're not sure which platform (32-bit or 64-bit) you're running, see Am I running 32-bit or 64-bit Office?  Additionally, see more information about how to download Microsoft support files.

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Update information

Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must have Microsoft Project 2016 installed.

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you install this update.

More information

How to uninstall this update

Windows 10

  1. Go to Start, enter View Installed Updates in the Search Windows box, and then press Enter.
  2. In the list of updates, locate and select KB3085454, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

  1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then select Search. If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then select Search.
  2. Enter windows update, select Windows Update, and then select Installed Updates.
  3. In the list of updates, locate and select KB3085454, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 7

  1. Go to Start, enter Run, and then click Run.
  2. Enter Appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
  3. Click View installed updates.
  4. In the list of updates, locate and select KB3085454, and then click Uninstall.

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

x86
      

project-x-none.msp file information

File identifier File name File version File size Date Time
Nameext.dll .x64Nameext.dll 16.0.4888.1000 335,944 20-Feb-2020 04:15
Nameext.dll .x86Nameext.dll 16.0.4888.1000 301,040 20-Feb-2020 04:14
Pjintl.dll_1033Pjintl.dll Pjintl.dll_1033Pjintl.dll 16.0.4825.1000 4,377,456 20-Feb-2020 04:13
Winproj.exe Winproj.exe 16.0.4978.10002 4,457,512 20-Feb-2020 04:14

        x64
      

project-x-none.msp file information

File identifier File name File version File size Date Time
Nameext.dll .x64Nameext.dll 16.0.4888.1000 335,944 20-Feb-2020 04:26
Nameext.dll .x86Nameext.dll 16.0.4888.1000 301,040 20-Feb-2020 04:27
Pjintl.dll_1033Pjintl.dll Pjintl.dll_1033Pjintl.dll 16.0.4825.1000 4,402,336 20-Feb-2020 04:25
Winproj.exe Winproj.exe 16.0.4978.1000 30,853,632 20-Feb-2020 04:26

References

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