I actually started over with a fresh Money 2006 file - exported, downloaded,
and rebuilt my finances in it from scratch (using Money 2004 to comapre
results against). Took me on and off over a week to do it (used Money since
2002). I was coming from Money 2004. I think the file gets corrupted in
2004 in ways that are not detected (I did plenty of repairs) and that
affects 2006). Once I did that, I don't have any of the weird problems
people are reporting here, it's working flawlessly although I don't use
budgeting (I use online payments, download of financials, reports, etc.)

I just hope 2006 doesn't corrupt now...



"Deryn" <kathrynh[at]earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1124814062.763217.250040[at]g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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All right, I have an answer for this problem direct from Microsoft
support.

Run File Repair. The Quick version, NOT the Standard version. (I ran
the Standard version before with no result.) If that doesn't work, try
running the Standard version of File Repair, then running the Quick
version on your renamed file. This is what the support tech had me do
originally, which worked, but I found out that I could run Quick File
Repair on my original file with the same result. This made the Done
button work again, and the transactions in my account register
reappear.

No ideas on what caused it though.

Also, I should say my temporary workaround is this: Go into the Bills
area. Create a one-time only bill for the correct transaction. Back
to the Account Register. Change the incorrect match to match the new
bill. Then and only then will the Done button work.

I'm so glad that Money '06 is making it easier to handle my finances.

Oh, goody, I found another bug. You can right-click the erroneous
matched transaction and select "Unmatch"--however, Money won't unmatch
the transaction. It will create a NEW, separate downloaded entry from
your bank, but still leave the old unreconciled entry as matched to the
wrong thing, only now it says "Matched to a part of a downloaded
transaction".

Oh, this is all effed up.

Also, I had said before that the list of transactions to choose from
only listed future dates from my account register--that was wrong. If
I want to match from a different transaction, the list of transactions
I have to choose to match from is ONLY coming from my Bills area.
Nothing from my account register is listing AT ALL.

THANK you! I was beginning to think I was the only one having this
problem.

Matching Transactions: Done button doesn't work. You must accept the will of
MSMoney.