In microsoft.public.money, Sean wrote:

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Keep at it. These things seem to work out, and it is not usually
obvious what made it start working.

I verified that the temp environment variables are defined and pointed
correctly. I also cleared out any tmp Money stuff.

Unfortunately, it didn't help. I appreciate your help on this. I probably
need to move onto plan B (Return '05 and re-load '02) or plan C (start from
scratch on '05). Bummer.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Sean wrote:

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Have you tried browsing to the My Documents folder?

If so, I would reboot, and try each of these three lines in a
command window.

dir %temp% /od
dir %tmp% /od
del %temp%\*.*

The first two show that you have the tmp and temp environment
variables defined and they point to a directory/folder. It will list
the files oldest to newest. The del is in case there is some temp
file that Money wants to use. It is a stab. Good chance it won't
help, but it is unlikely to hurt. And I have hope.


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That version is up to date.


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Hi Carl.

When I try restoring, I browse to a different location and create a new
*.mny file. The file creates and it starts restoring and then it claims that
the new file I created is read-only, I don't have rights, the drive is write
protected.

I tried the approach recommended by Glyn (since my last reply) and it gives
me no problems. Creates the file and I could create new accounts. The
problem is that it does not ask me if I want to run an update. As far as I
can tell it is not trying to update. It is still Version 14.0.120.1105.

So, if this is a version issue, how do I force an update?



"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Sean wrote:

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Try File-> Restore, but Browse to the location to restore to
(typically "My Documents" and name the file differently if there may
be a *.mny file there of the previously used name. You might name
the file Sean05.mny for example.

Glyn,

Thanks for the response. I tried what you recommended (Create a new .mny
file). I did this from pre- and post- login and it doesn't run the update
you described.

I am able to restore .qif files to this new .mny file, but the update
doesn't run and I still can't open the 2002 .mny file.

I'm hoping I don't have to start from scratch...

Any other ideas on how to get the 14.0.xxx.1105 version?

"Glyn Simpson, MVP" wrote:

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When you start Money, try creating a new file first by going to File-> New.
Don't add any account and bring up the Home page. Money should start
downloading an update. Let it do it until it asks you to restart, which you
should do. Wait for the update to install and then restart Money again. Then
try to open your old 2002 .MNY file.

--
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http://money.mvps.org

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"Sean" <Sean[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D1BBC01-A19D-4790-B817-AE4CB51F2BD4[at]microsoft.com...
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Purchased new PC and am upgrading to Money 2005 Deluxe. Old version was 2002
on Windows 2K.

Here is what I'm experiencing - I have copied over the backup file to a new
folder on the new pc. When I attempt to restore and create a new *.mny file
I get: "Money cannot locate 'file path\filename' or cannot open it, possibly
because it is a read-only file or you do not have permission to change it or
your disk drive is write protected".

Now to answer the obvious questions -

I have tried this in both My Documents & in "Microsoft Money 2005" folders.
The *.mny file exists and is not read-only. Neither is the *.mbf file. This
was confirmed in Windows explorer and via command line (attrib).
I am an administrator on the pc and have full control over the
folders/subfolders/files

So, is this an XP issue or a Money issue? I admit that when I view the
folder properties (for both) the read-only box is checked, but I have read
that this doesn't mean anything. Any ideas which way to go?