Yes, though in M05 you will have to pay close attention to figure out where
it is asking if you want to do anything out of the ordinary.

"Jim" <kaplanjim[at]attbi.com> wrote in message
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Can I assume the installer will automatically let me change
directories before proceeding with installation? (As most do)?

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 13:39:19 -0500, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
Learner-- MVP) wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Jim wrote:

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Yes.

Start by copying your Money 2004 file to a different name such as
Charlie05.mny.

Install Money 2005 into a different!

You cannot have both open at the same time.

The last-installed will be associated with the file-types such as
..mny, .mbf, .qif, .ofx, etc.

When you first open Money 2005, let Money create a new file. Let the
updates occur. Only after you see you have version 14.0.*.1105 when
you do Help-> About, do File-> Open of charlie05.mny.

Open the other by clicking on the program shortcut rather than a
file shortcut. Money remembers the last-used file and will default
to opening that one. You could do shortcuts with targets such as the
following lines:
"D:\Program Files\Money 2004\System\MSMONEY.EXE" charlie04.mny
"D:\Program Files\Money 2005\System\MSMONEY.EXE" charlie05.mny

Keep an extra backup of your .mny files... never a bad idea.

Yes you can do it but a) you need to install each in it's own directory and
b) you MUST have a 2004 file and a 2005 file. You can't read the M2005 file
in M2004..

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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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"Jim" <kaplanjim[at]attbi.com> wrote in message
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Someone gave me a copy of M2005 they got for free (rebate offer) and
do not use. I'm running M2004 and have been reading this forum for a
while and know there are some issues, that sometimes occur, with M2005
that I do not experience with M2004. My question is, can I install
M2005 in parallel and operate both for a period of time to determine
whether I want to "upgrade"? Are there any tricks to doing so?