Money Express???

The link re. M05 you probably read was mine, not Cal's. I'm not claiming
credit, just responsibility. Do your own due diligence re. M05. Some posters
here report liking it.

"Jim" <Jim[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. I found the file finally in a sub folder. It WAS named
as Money 2002 backup. Now to see if I can do anything with it.
And Cal, thanks for the link. I do not like what I read there. Now I am
wondering if I want to keep the 2005 rather than returning it and re install
the 2002. Besides, I just found out that the 2005 does not have a feature
that was int he 2002 which I used and feel I need.

"Jim" wrote:

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Well, that makes a little bit more sense.

Try searching for files by name and use the name of the problem data file
displayed in M05. Don't specify .M10 or anything else. Just let it find
every file that has that name. One of these should be the .M10 file. It will
show, in XP, as a Money 2002 backup file. It's out there, somewhere. It will
be in the same folder as the M05 file that you are having problems with. See
http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=109 for more information.

You problems sounds more severe than "Duplicate or incorrect splits have
been added to your investment history."

Assuming you can find the backup file left over from the file upgrade
process (you referred to this as an "automatic downloading"--I'm assuming
you mean the data file upgrade process) and it still upgrade poorly, please
open a support case directly with Microsoft. They made this mess called M05,
they deserve to reap the rewards. It may be the only way to encourage
different behavior from them in the future.

I avoid giving much help to M05 users since a) I skipped it (see
http://umpmfaq.info/Money2005.htm if you are curious why) and do not feel
like subsidizing Microsoft for release such a thing.

"Jim" <Jim[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Jim wrote:

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Expand your search. Tell Start-> Search to search all drives and
folders. If you are cmd/dos oriented, you could do this command:

dir \*.m10 /s

Another possibility is that the previous version was not actually
2002. So you could make the search be for many versions by searching
for "mn9,m10,m11,m12" without the quotes in Start-> Search.

Thanks for the comeback.
1. When I said fine, the installation from the CD went okay, however in the
automatic downloading of my Money 2002 files in the process , every entry
duplicated...two entries where there was one before.
2. Money Support has this paper" 889246", "Issues that you may experience
after you convert the data file for your version of Money to Money 2005.".
IT says that one of the issues is "Duplicate or incorrect splits have been
added to your investment history."
The Cause, it says, is "these issues may occur if you converted your datat
file from an earlier viersion of Money to Money 2005 before you downloaded
and installed the updates for Money 2005 that are available," That is what
happened, I guess.
It goes on to offer a way to correct the problem. The first thing was to
find the location of the Money 2002 file so it can be reconverted.. It says
to go to search in the Files and folders, then All or part of the file name
where I am to type in the *.m10 for Money 2002. From that I am to make a
note of the location and the file name of that file. When I do that *.m10 is
not found, so I cannot complete the correction process. I cannot find Money
2002 anywhere since when I installed the 2005. I cannot open the old 2002.
That's where I'm at. I need to correct the data installed on the 2005 from
my 2002. The 2005 installation did the duplication, I did not.

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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Pardon my density here. What problem are you trying to solve? You said your
file updated from M02 to M05 and the update installed fine? What does "all
data duplicated" mean? What location were you trying to find? Your .M10
file? Where was your old Money data file before you upgraded to M05? That's
where the .M10 file should be.

"Jim" <Jim[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I installed Money 2005 today okay. Money 2002 updated to 2005. I downloaded
the update. All data duplicated. Article 889246 which supposedly handles
this situation does not work. It says to search for *.m10 (for Money 2002)
to find the location in Windows results in nothing.
Help Please