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>>Are you using NOWAIT clause in MODIFY PROJECT in start.mpr? Try to add it if you don't have already.
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>Wow, this enables the search as well as the items in the menu. Can you explain me what it does?

W/o NOWAIT clause the code execution in start.mpr stops on MODIFY PROJECT command and keeps that menu in effect. The NOWAIT clause allows code to continue after MODIFY PROJECT and you're not in the start.mpr menu anymore when work with the project.