See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=180 for one possible cause and its
workaround. There are other possible issues as well, but this is a place to
start.

BTW, this would be less problematic if you'd skip messing with the Money
backup file and just move the data file and work on upgrading it.

"Cowboy6032" <Cowboy6032[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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ok, ok, ok...it seemed so easy, but has me stumped at the moment. I built a
new computer for my parents for christmas, and was trying to transfer all the
files that they use over to the new one. I am opening them in the new
programs, and making sure they save in the new format, so there will be no
future problems.

Everything has gone well, until I got to MS Money. The file from their old
computer is for Money 98, and I installed Money 2006 on the new computer. I
have tried opening the file, its backup, restoring from a backup, etc,
without luck. In some cases I receive an error message, saying to send an
error report, if I am restoring from Money 98 or 99, and to follow the
links...the link is broken, and I am told 'there is no additional info
available on this topic'!?!

When trying to restore from a backup, it says that it cannot open it,
because it's a read-only file, or I do not have permission to open it. Or,
that it may be open with another application. OR, that I need to restore the
file from a backup (even though that's what I'm doing!) Are there any other
options for opening this file on the new computer/with Money 2006?

I would appreciate any help/suggestions that you could offer! Thanks.