In microsoft.public.money, singapore tom wrote:

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Look in your "Program Files" directory for a directory with "Money"
in the name.

Your favorite technique for copying, such as using Windows Explorer.

A different spot on your hard drive and/or copy it to a CDR with
your favorite CDR software. You may not need the files, but you may
find that the new install does not get updated files, and that you
might choose to overwrite them with newer files that you saved after
install. I am not recommending that you install. I am saying I would
copy those files beforehand if you do.


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Yes.

Where do I find the system directory of the Money install folder and how do
I back it up and where would I back it up to?
When I go to the registry do I just change the
"AVHelpPath"="E:\MONEY\avhelp"
to "AVHelpPath"="D:\MONEY\avhelp" (D:\ drive is where I store my Documents
and Money Files)
Thanks
Dermot


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In microsoft.public.money, singapore tom wrote:

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I don't know. If you try that, I would back up System directory of
the Money install folder beforehand in case.

You might try excluding all accounts from the budget if you do not
use the budget, but I don't have reason to believe that is going to
solve things for you.

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In the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Money\8.0,
you probably have something such as "AVHelpPath"="E:\MONEY\avhelp"
or whatever. So the AVHelpPath probably refers to your CD drive.
If you are adept at editing the registry, you can change the
reference to refer to your hard drive rather than your CD drive.
If you are not adept at that, find a friend who is. The path need
not actually exist on the hard drive.

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In Tools-> Options-> Backup
you could clear either of these:
x Automatically backup to hard disk on exit
x Prompt me before backing up each time
.... but I would not recommend doing so. I like to change the backup
file periodically so that I have more than one vintage of backup,
and I do not continually overwrite my backup file.

Money 2000
1/ When I am editing a transaction fro the editing box out of a report
"Money" freezes at each step. Do I need to reinstall it and if I do how
should I do that with the least disruption.
2/ It has recently kept asking me for disc in my CD drive at start up. It
never used to and the problem mentioned above happened at the same time.
3/ I back up all my documents weekly to an external hard drive including
Money files. Is there anyway I can stop it asking me every time I switch
accounts where I want it saved to?
Thank you
Dermot