Yes, that was it. I had to upgrade to Deluxe Portfolio.

Now I can see the More/File Options/ Restore Backup.

THANKS!

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Lori wrote:

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Try http://moneycentral.msn.com/scripts/....dll?iPage=pmx

Perhaps you have not installed the Deluxe Portfolio there. I think
that would explain things.

I cannot see anything on this page that says Enlarge/Reduce Porfolio.

I could send you a screen shot... I don't know if it would post on this forum.

I see two tabs. One says Portfolio and the other News
On the Portfolio Screen there are 5 buttons right below this that say: New
Account, New Transactions, View Options, Refresh page, Trade Now.
Then there are two drop down menus that are named Account: and View:
Then I see my two retirement accounts listed and MSN Stock Lists and this
row go all the way across my screen. Above this and below this are
advertisements only.
On the menu bars there are no Enlarge/Reduce Portfolio options or More
options.

I MUST be on the wrong screen.


"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Lori wrote:

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There is not? Click "Enlarge/reduce portfolio".

Jeff,

I am trying to follow your directions, but I run into a problem when I
get to #2. I cannot find More/File Options/Restore Backup.

When I go to MSN Central on Explorer, there is no left hand task bar
on the Portfolio Page. When I go to MSN Central from within Money,
there is a More option on the left hand side of the Portfolio page,
but there is not a choice for File Options.

Question 1: Are you in Money or Internet Explorer when you go to MSN
Central?
Question 2: If you are in Money program itself, when you click on
More, is it under the heading OTHER TASKS on the left hand pane?
Question 3: If you are on the web, can you give me a hyperlink to the
exact webpage you are going to?

Lori









"Jeff M" <jamacq-remove[at]erols.com> wrote in message news:<u97FoezrEHA.3324[at]TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl> ...
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Don't follow the directions given. Instead, try the following:

Open your 2004 file within Money 2004.
Turn off synchronization
Upgrade to Money 2005
Billpay should now be working and no duplicate account to merge.

If you then want to access your accounts on the web, do not turn off Billpay
as the directions claim. Follow the below "backdoor" method for
synchronization that I stumbled upon:

1. Open MSN Moneycentral and load the Portfolio Manager by going
to MSN Money and selecting Portfolio within the Investing section.

2. Once the shell of the Porfolio loads, go to the left hand tasks bar at
the bottom and click on "More|File Options|Restore backup".

3. Select your current Money 2005 data file "xxx.mny" as the source
to restore from.

Apparently, this restore backup option actually invokes a sync with Money.

It's that simple. No requirement to disable Billpay and you don't end up
with duplicate accounts.

Jeff

"Brian McCarty" <bmccarty[at]nospam.com> wrote in message
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I upgraded my money 2004 file to money 2005. I then turned off MSN Bill Pay
and set up my accounts to be accessed on the web. After synchronization, my
MSN Bill Pay account (MSN-Checking) showed up in my account list. I want to
link this account to my checking account, but when I select "Merge Duplicate
Accounts", it states there are no accounts to merge.

The help file tells you to follow these exact steps. Does anybody know a
work-around to get this working?

Thanks in advance,

Brian