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"Althea" <Althea[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsC871A2B-948B-452E-9D2B-EB4335689971[at]microsoft.com...
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There is no easy way we know of. The only sure fire way is to upgrade it to
a newer version and look at what version backup file gets left behind. This
is a pathetic situation, but there you have it.

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You can't except maybe from somebody doing something illegal or immoral.

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Only as new or newer version tools know what to do with them. Therefore it
does matter.

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Have you considered opening a support case directly with Microsoft???

In microsoft.public.money, Althea wrote:

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So if I understand correctly you found a *.mny file that some
recovery program read from the formated disk. Salv.exe only works on
*.mny files -- not *.mbf.

I would search that disk for *.mbf (Money Backup File) files also. I
suspect something got overwritten during the format or the actions
that followed, munging that *.mny file. It would be worth searching
for another file that may not have been damaged.

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If Money 2005 and salv.exe cannot read the file, I don't know.

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Salv.exe will work on versions of money back past Money 2000. I
forget where the line is.

Money 2005 would have the newest version of salv.exe when you
install that trial.

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I am sure that you have already searched for USB drives, CDRs, and
floppies you might have made a backup to.

That wasn't very helpful. To be short, I'd like answers to the questions I
posed:
1) how can I determine whether my Money file is version 2003 or 2004?
2) where can I download 2003 (if that's what I need)?
3) does the version really matter for a corrupt file?
4) anwhere else I can look for help?

"wiredup" wrote:

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Althea,

What do you expect this group to do? (I do not mean this sarcastically)

1. you do not know the version of your software
2. you do not have access to your backups

I think you are out of luck.



"Althea" wrote:

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I accidently reformated my hard drive, but was able to recover most of my
data but not installed applications like Money.

I first loaded the 2005 trial and attempted to open/convert the filebut it
failed. I then tried the recovery tool directly and it failed too. Each time,
it got past the password prompt 0- accepting the password- but then craps
out. I next tried 2004 (from the trial d/l) directly by opening the mny file
and by using the salv.exe. Again, it accepts my password on the file
indicating it isn't totally corrupt, but then again, I get:

"The utility could not repair your file.... (0x800a1462)"

Yes, the mny file is writable and I have tried reinstalling as per above. I
am out of the country for the next 6 months and cannot get to my floppy
backups and have no other copies of the data file so this is all I have to
work with.

How can I tell what version of Money created the file? Does it matter which
version the original file was in? I cannot remember for sure which version I
had, but I was able to locate the activation number I bought from MS for
2003. I usually upgrade each year, so I probably lost the 2004 activation
number or possibly I did not upgrade. I cannot locate a download of 2003 and
as I am on a South Pacific island, it would no doubt take a long time to
order one here.

I've tried a 3rd party Money Recovery demo, but it also doesn't work. This
tool requires that the identical version of Money that created the file be
installed to work. Again, that's a problem for me.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.