Transferring Money 2005 data files to another PC

#10 01-10-2005, 06:17 AM

I believe that they have RTM'd/slipstreamed the patches but it will depend
on Retailers clearing stock of the original version before we will see the
amended version getting out there.

As you say we are going to see this for years - and instead of "are you
using M2002/3/4" we are "going to have another round of "tell us exactly
which version of M2005 you have".

I can see it will get even worse if MS repeat the exercise to fix even more
of the desktop side issues!

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.
For wishes or suggestions see
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
or for UK wishes http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback

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"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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> FWIW, I just retested this by reinstalling from the RTM code. It refused
> to open my experimental data file which has never done much of
> anything--and certainly hadn't Yodlee'd--but HAD been updated to the M05.1
> file format. Let's hope they slipstream this in new CDs. Even if they do,
> we're going to see symptoms of this in the newsgroup for years to come.
> Every time somebody reloads M05 from CD. I've written a FAQ. Can't say
> when I'll get it up pushed to the web, though.
> "Bob Peel MVP" <Bob_Peel[at]kiandraNOSPAM.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23OMgrdV9EHA.3592[at]TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Dick, as I understand it there was a bug that meant a sub-set of users
> > had to have their file converted to fix the bug. If you had NOT done X -
> > probably go on-line and used Yodlee ;-)) - then although the update went
> > through the motions it didn't actually change your file and so you could
> > input your current file into the original version of M2005.

#9 01-09-2005, 11:15 PM

FWIW, I just retested this by reinstalling from the RTM code. It refused to
open my experimental data file which has never done much of anything--and
certainly hadn't Yodlee'd--but HAD been updated to the M05.1 file format.
Let's hope they slipstream this in new CDs. Even if they do, we're going to
see symptoms of this in the newsgroup for years to come. Every time somebody
reloads M05 from CD. I've written a FAQ. Can't say when I'll get it up
pushed to the web, though.

"Bob Peel MVP" <Bob_Peel[at]kiandraNOSPAM.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23OMgrdV9EHA.3592[at]TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
- quote -

> Dick, as I understand it there was a bug that meant a sub-set of users had
> to have their file converted to fix the bug. If you had NOT done X -
> probably go on-line and used Yodlee ;-)) - then although the update went
> through the motions it didn't actually change your file and so you could
> input your current file into the original version of M2005.

#8 01-08-2005, 07:16 PM

I had this issue yesterday. I reinstalled money5, created a 'new' file,
allowed the program to update itself from the internet, and then file,
restrored backup to get my usual file to open. I also used settings, program
to set the opening page to accounts rather than home, and then removed the
investment performance module as suggested in other posts here for those
crashing on startup.

Was all this necessary? don;t know but I am back in business today.

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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> Be sure to upgrade the M05 on the new version with all available Internet
> Updates before trying to open your file. Open the sample file, if need be,
> to get the Internet Update done.
> "fred flintstone" <flinstones[at]papernapkin.org> wrote in message
> news:OK11y1R9EHA.208[at]TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I;ve got Money 2005 Standard installed on an old PC and need to transfer
> > the data over to a new PC. So I've made backups of my Money data files:
> > data.mny and the Money-backup file data.mdf (located in "c:\documents and
> > settings\username\my documents")
> > > I've copied the data files over to the new PC but Money 2005 refuses to
> > open the data file saying it couldn't find the file, its read only, or I
> > don't have permission to it. BTW on the new PC I have deleted the dummy
> > data file that I created. I've tried the Restore from Backup feature of
> > MS Money 2005, as well as repairing a copy of my data file but still no
> > good.
> > > Whats the procedure for migrating data across to a different PC?

#7 01-08-2005, 01:07 PM

When I updated my experimental version, it updated my file and left behind a
..M14 file. Whether or not the M14.1 version of the file would work in M14, I
do not know. But the point stands. At least some M14.1 files are not
backward compatible to M14. Whether that blows up all users or just some
only makes it better in degree, not kind.

"Bob Peel MVP" <Bob_Peel[at]kiandraNOSPAM.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Dick, as I understand it there was a bug that meant a sub-set of users had
> to have their file converted to fix the bug. If you had NOT done X -
> probably go on-line and used Yodlee ;-)) - then although the update went
> through the motions it didn't actually change your file and so you could
> input your current file into the original version of M2005.

#6 01-08-2005, 06:55 AM

Dick, as I understand it there was a bug that meant a sub-set of users had
to have their file converted to fix the bug. If you had NOT done X -
probably go on-line and used Yodlee ;-)) - then although the update went
through the motions it didn't actually change your file and so you could
input your current file into the original version of M2005.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.
For wishes or suggestions see
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
or for UK wishes http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback

I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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> In 12 prior versions, I don't believe Microsoft has EVER released a patch
> that broke intra-version compatibility. Wow. What were they thinking?
> "Matt" <Matt[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F46FB866-3329-4EB0-8C9B-5648F326F398[at]microsoft.com...
> > The problem is that Money has since released an update so the CD version
> > is
> > actually "old" now.

#5 01-08-2005, 05:15 AM

And the really sad thing is that the chaos this will create--indeed, already
is creating judging by the postings--will merely confirm in their minds the
importance of moving this whole thing from a client computer hosted
application (where the dumb users do things like reload the application from
the CD whenever they feel like it and expect their original M05 to open
their uplevel M05 data file) to a web service where they control what
version you are running, every time you open their web page.

Self-fulfilling prophecy.

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:eWuDKhU9EHA.3624[at]TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
- quote -

> In 12 prior versions, I don't believe Microsoft has EVER released a patch
> that broke intra-version compatibility. Wow. What were they thinking?
> "Matt" <Matt[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F46FB866-3329-4EB0-8C9B-5648F326F398[at]microsoft.com...
> > The problem is that Money has since released an update so the CD version
> > is
> > actually "old" now.

#4 01-08-2005, 05:07 AM

In 12 prior versions, I don't believe Microsoft has EVER released a patch
that broke intra-version compatibility. Wow. What were they thinking?

"Matt" <Matt[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F46FB866-3329-4EB0-8C9B-5648F326F398[at]microsoft.com...
- quote -

> The problem is that Money has since released an update so the CD version
> is
> actually "old" now.

#3 01-08-2005, 04:31 AM

Be sure to upgrade the M05 on the new version with all available Internet
Updates before trying to open your file. Open the sample file, if need be,
to get the Internet Update done.

"ecphx2" <ecphx2[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having the same problem and I tried everything listed on the support
> site, please help!!!

#2 01-08-2005, 04:30 AM

Be sure to upgrade the M05 on the new version with all available Internet
Updates before trying to open your file. Open the sample file, if need be,
to get the Internet Update done.

"fred flintstone" <flinstones[at]papernapkin.org> wrote in message
news:OK11y1R9EHA.208[at]TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
- quote -

> I;ve got Money 2005 Standard installed on an old PC and need to transfer
> the data over to a new PC. So I've made backups of my Money data files:
> data.mny and the Money-backup file data.mdf (located in "c:\documents and
> settings\username\my documents")
> I've copied the data files over to the new PC but Money 2005 refuses to
> open the data file saying it couldn't find the file, its read only, or I
> don't have permission to it. BTW on the new PC I have deleted the dummy
> data file that I created. I've tried the Restore from Backup feature of MS
> Money 2005, as well as repairing a copy of my data file but still no good.
> Whats the procedure for migrating data across to a different PC?

#1 01-08-2005, 04:29 AM

The problem is that Money has since released an update so the CD version is
actually "old" now.

Here's what you do:

1) Launch Money 2005 and create a new dummy file.
2) Get all the way through the setup stuff.
3) Money should download the update auto-magically.

At this point I think you restart Money.

4) Now try to open the your existing Money file and delete the dummy one.

"ecphx2" wrote:

- quote -

> I'm having the same problem and I tried everything listed on the support
> site, please help!!!
> "fred flintstone" wrote:
> > I;ve got Money 2005 Standard installed on an old PC and need to transfer
> > the data over to a new PC. So I've made backups of my Money data files:
> > data.mny and the Money-backup file data.mdf (located in "c:\documents
> > and settings\username\my documents")
> > > I've copied the data files over to the new PC but Money 2005 refuses to
> > open the data file saying it couldn't find the file, its read only, or I
> > don't have permission to it. BTW on the new PC I have deleted the dummy
> > data file that I created. I've tried the Restore from Backup feature of
> > MS Money 2005, as well as repairing a copy of my data file but still no
> > good.
> > > Whats the procedure for migrating data across to a different PC?
>

01-08-2005, 03:53 AM

I'm having the same problem and I tried everything listed on the support
site, please help!!!

"fred flintstone" wrote:

- quote -

> I;ve got Money 2005 Standard installed on an old PC and need to transfer
> the data over to a new PC. So I've made backups of my Money data files:
> data.mny and the Money-backup file data.mdf (located in "c:\documents
> and settings\username\my documents")
> I've copied the data files over to the new PC but Money 2005 refuses to
> open the data file saying it couldn't find the file, its read only, or I
> don't have permission to it. BTW on the new PC I have deleted the dummy
> data file that I created. I've tried the Restore from Backup feature of
> MS Money 2005, as well as repairing a copy of my data file but still no
> good.
> Whats the procedure for migrating data across to a different PC?

#-1 01-08-2005, 12:03 AM

I;ve got Money 2005 Standard installed on an old PC and need to transfer
the data over to a new PC. So I've made backups of my Money data files:
data.mny and the Money-backup file data.mdf (located in "c:\documents
and settings\username\my documents")

I've copied the data files over to the new PC but Money 2005 refuses to
open the data file saying it couldn't find the file, its read only, or I
don't have permission to it. BTW on the new PC I have deleted the dummy
data file that I created. I've tried the Restore from Backup feature of
MS Money 2005, as well as repairing a copy of my data file but still no
good.

Whats the procedure for migrating data across to a different PC?

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