In microsoft.public.money, Regi wrote:

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Glad that is on track. There should be a *.mn6 file from when your
Money 98 file was converted. It is a copy of your Money 98 file at
that point. The date stamp could be interesting too.

Feeling stupid will not stop me from saying thank you.

What I meant to say is that I (me) didn't - I'm going to
ask around and see if anyone upgraded before I try the
2004 download. Thanks for you help.

In microsoft.public.money, Regi wrote:

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"Version 11" is Money 2003. SOMEBODY tried Money 2003 on your
computer.

Nope - hate to say it, but its the only Money Software
that Ive ever owned, downloaded or used. The extension
is .mbf I think I'll try the newer version and see what
it does.

I did download a password breaking software - it says the
file is not password protected.
Quote:
8/18/2003 8:55:18 PM Money Database version is 11
8/18/2003 8:55:20 PM File is not password-protected

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In microsoft.public.money, Regi wrote:

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Are you sure you did not convert the file by trying one of the
trials?

You can download the Money 2004 trial and open it, but the file
produced will not be openable by earlier versions. The extension of
the automatic backup (a copy of the converted file) will tell you
what version the file you converted is....

m12 2004
m11 2003
m10 2002
mn9 2001
mn8 2000
mn7 99
mn6 98

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Cal - Thanks for the reply - I've asked the same
question twice on this newsgroup (first time on a
newsgroup - sorry). I am trying to restore it to the
version I created it in.
Regi

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I hope that I am asking this question in the correct format. I am
also being asked for a password to restore a backup that I did not
set. I was using Microsoft Money 2000 Standard Edition Version 8 when
I decided to try Quicken. Now I need to restore the file to retrieve
some information and it requires a password. I was sure that I didn't
password protect it, but I downloaded a trial to a password cracker
utility and it says that the file is not password protected. Now I'm
stuck. Is there hope?

FWIW, Paetra, all of what Cal explained to you was also explained in
excruciating detail by the dialog boxes Money popped up when upgrading your
M98 file to M04. They put these there just so you might read them and
understand that you upgraded data file would not be backward compatible and
how to get back to the backup created during the upgrade.

"Paetra" <paetrao[at]blazerind.com> wrote in message
news:010101c365ad$2414db00$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
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I had Microsoft Money 98 on my computer. My computer
broke and I got a laptop with a newer version. I applied
my backup to the newer version with no problems. When I
got my other computer running and tried to put my backed
up data onto the 98 version it would not allow it. I then
downloaded a trial version of 2004 onto my computer and it
allowed me to use my backup. The trial version expired
and I decided the 98 worked just fine for now. I spoke to
a support person from Gateway who told me to uninstall the
trial version and reinstall my 98 version and my data
would all come back - that I would lose nothing. That did
not happen and now I cannot access any of my data. I am
also unable to open any of my backed up files. All of
them say I need a password and I have never required
passwords to get into any of my files. I have tried every
password I have used for anything and nothing works so it
seems that it has something to do with switching from a
newer program. Is there some way I can open my backed up
files without the password?