Thanks Bill. Looks like this is the problem. I've read about it in
some other forums but was hoping for a better fix. I would think by
version 2006, they would have fixed this problem. I guess not.

I think the solution of category cleanup is to move all the
transactions within a particular paystub category into a new category.
Once they are all moved, you move them back to the original naming if
you want. I'll try this method out and see if it works.

Thanks

"Markus" <mark.chien[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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This may be the phantom bill problem. If you try to delete bills or deposts
from the list of scheduled transactions, they usually do not really go away
but are hidden and show up in odd ways such as you describe. If you can see
the old recurring transaction in your budget summary and right click, the
edit scheduled transaction window should pop up. If so you can then use
the" This tranaction will end at some point" check box to get rid if it.
Put 12/31/04 in the final transaction and next due date boxes and 0 in the
number of transactions remaining box. I would use this method of removing
any scheduled transaction you want to get rid of instead of using the
deleting button.

If you cannot see the transaction to edit it or the edit box will not come
up you are stuck as far as I know. I have used backup copies of my Money
file to revert back to a date prior to deleting the scheduled bill and then
I could use the above method to remove it. But this is not pracitcal unless
you caught the issue fast and only recently deleted the recurring deposit.
Some people have used a category cleanup method of getting rid of these
phantom bill issues but I can't remember what they do. You can probably
find it by searching this list or hopefully someone who knows will post
about it.

Regards

Bill Wood





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I've been using MS Money since 2002 and have upgraded several versions
up to 2006.

In this version, when I try and create a new advanced budget, it
automatically populates all the categories that are associated with my
pay check (i.e. Gross Pay, Federal Taxes, Medicare, etc.).

The only problem is, it's picking up my paycheck from several years
back and I have no way of removing it. When I try and click on and
edit those items in Budget, the screen just refreshes and nothing
happens. I'm unable to delete those entries.

What I want to do is enter all my budget items manually. But for some
reason, it keeps this paycheck information around.

At one point in time in the past, I had setup a recurring payment for
my paycheck, which is probably where it's picking this up. However, I
have removed that entry for a long time now.

Anyone have any suggestions for resolution?

Thanks