In microsoft.public.money, Kent wrote:

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Yes; they are installed automatically when you do an internet
update. Yes, they have been working on one for a while.

Thank you for the prompt reply. Unfortunately, my three legacy accounts that
I'd like to merge the data into are also online (thus the reason for my
frustration with Money 2005 in creating the "new" accounts in the first
place). I bet switching to Quicken will rid me of this duplicate account
problem. <g
Does Microsoft have service packs for Money? Assuming the answer is "yes"
does anyone know if one if forthcoming?

It just reiterates what I already knew--technology journalists do a very
poor job of testing products. Because if they did, there's no way they'd
pile the accolades on Money 2005 if they'd had the experiences that many of
us in this newsgroup have had (I couldn't even get the product to install for
a month until I reregistered some MSI components that were missing). I wish
they didn't write it from the "I've never used personal finance software
before" perspective. Green fields exist but most of us aren't in Kansas
anymore.

Thanks,
Kent

"Vadim Rapp" wrote:

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Hello Kent:
You wrote in conference microsoft.public.money on Sun, 14 Nov 2004
08:06:02 -0800:

K> Unfortunately, the three duplicate bank accounts I need to merge are not
K> being displayed in the "Merge Duplicate Accounts" area. I tried opening
K> and closing the accounts but it didn't do anything. What do I need to
K> do take make them visible?

Money allows to merge two accounts if one is online-enabled, i.e. downloaded
during online setup; and another is not online-enabled.

If there are several downloaded clones of the same account, delete all but
one; then merge the remaining one to the (not online-enabled) old account.

Vadim

Unfortunately, the three duplicate bank accounts I need to merge are not
being displayed in the "Merge Duplicate Accounts" area. I tried opening and
closing the accounts but it didn't do anything. What do I need to do take
make them visible?

Thank you,
Kent

"Vadim Rapp" wrote:

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Hello Kent:
You wrote in conference microsoft.public.money on Sat, 13 Nov 2004
09:10:02 -0800:

K> Vadim, If I "merge" the accounts will Money 2005 be intelligent enough
K> to remove duplicate entries? Or, will I have to remove them manually?

you will have to remove them manually. Money will tell you the date range to
look for.

K> PS I would like to add this to the DCR list for the next version. In
K> its current state duplicating accounts really makes Money look like an
K> unfinished product.

And with 1,000 of other things it sometimes even looks as an unstarted one.


Vadim

Vadim, If I "merge" the accounts will Money 2005 be intelligent enough to
remove duplicate entries? Or, will I have to remove them manually?

Thank you,
Kent

PS I would like to add this to the DCR list for the next version. In its
current state duplicating accounts really makes Money look like an unfinished
product.

"Vadim Rapp" wrote:

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Hello Kent:
You wrote in conference microsoft.public.money on Sun, 7 Nov 2004
15:17:01 -0800:

K> Can someone tell me if I can actually delete the accounts and not wipe
K> out my data at my bank? I "closed" each of the accounts in Money but
K> the data they contain are still showing up in my budgets (even though
K> they're not selected), on the chart part on the Money homepage, etc. I
K> WANT THEM GONE. How do I do it?


1. change the register look from essential to advanced. You may want to
specify that you you want Advanced for all your accounts by default.

2. use "merge duplicate accounts" and merge the newly downloaded accounts
with your real ones.

If you delete them, they will be recreated next time you update.


Vadim

Welcome to M05. This is a feature. My suggestion is that you open a $upport
ca$e directly with Microsoft. It'$ the only way to get their attention.

"Jack" <Jack[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:487E2545-49A0-46DE-9463-EDE1F3EB1012[at]microsoft.com...
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My suggestion is that you open a $upport ca$e directly with Microsoft. It'$
the only way to get their attention.

"Kent" <Kent[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2140213D-FFDE-4E70-8FE5-51E33558AA71[at]microsoft.com...
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I wish I knew, I can't get them to go away either. I would like to know if
there is a way to only download some of the accounts from my bank and not
all. 2004 would let you do this.

"Kent" wrote:

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I have been using Money for almost nine years. When I upgraded to Money 2005
Premium the program took it upon itself to create duplicate accounts for my
checking, savings, and credit card that link to the bank I use. I believe
Money calls them "Essential Account Registers" but they're totally worthless.
If you had never used Money before or didn't like to keep track of
transactions perhaps you'd find it useful but in my case I am very diligent
about keeping track of all of our purchases and credits. Given the thousands
of transactions that already exist for the other duplicate accounts I use
you'd think the programmers would be wiser and not turn them on but no.

Can someone tell me if I can actually delete the accounts and not wipe out
my data at my bank? I "closed" each of the accounts in Money but the data
they contain are still showing up in my budgets (even though they're not
selected), on the chart part on the Money homepage, etc. I WANT THEM GONE.
How do I do it?

Thanks,
Kent