Money Cannot Locate "My Money.mny"

#2 01-20-2006, 01:47 AM

In microsoft.public.money, Nancy wrote:

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> Fellow has five copies of his backup file. They are all the same size -
> approximately 22mb - but different dates. He claims to have copied the
> default backup file to create these files, but that could be inaccurate. The
> files are named "My Money Backup 0," "My Money Backup 1," etc., up to "My
> Money Backup 5." The names themselves lead me to believe they might have
> been created by Microsoft Money upon exit.

When you do a restore, Money makes a file like that.

#1 01-20-2006, 01:41 AM

Thanks, Cal. I believe I have tried that suggestion several times, but will
give it one more attempt.

Nancy

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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> In microsoft.public.money, Nancy wrote:
> > Trying to help a fellow who cannot open his backup Money file. He was using
> > 2002, had a problem, tried to restore from backup with no success. He then
> > removed 2002 and installed 2006, tried to restore from backup with no
> > success. Error received is one that has been posted and addressed here:
> > "Money cannot locate [location of file] or cannot open it, possibly because
> > it is a read-only file or your disk drive is write protected." For [location
> > of file] the name is the file name entered for the restored file; e.g., My
> > Money Restored.mny. This would be a new file.
> > > Fellow has five copies of his backup file. They are all the same size -
> > approximately 22mb - but different dates. He claims to have copied the
> > default backup file to create these files, but that could be inaccurate. The
> > files are named "My Money Backup 0," "My Money Backup 1," etc., up to "My
> > Money Backup 5." The names themselves lead me to believe they might have
> > been created by Microsoft Money upon exit.
> > > Version 2006 of the software appears to be working ok. He can create a new
> > file and the sample file can be opened. Wouldn't the 2006 version have all
> > of the necessary fixes to the problem as previously described in this group?
> > Is there some file name imbedded with the backup file which has to match the
> > restore name?
> Do File-> Restore of the backup file. Do not accept the default
> location to restore to. Instead, Browse to your "My Documents" and
> specify a filename that does not yet exist there.

01-18-2006, 02:30 AM

In microsoft.public.money, Nancy wrote:

- quote -

> Trying to help a fellow who cannot open his backup Money file. He was using
> 2002, had a problem, tried to restore from backup with no success. He then
> removed 2002 and installed 2006, tried to restore from backup with no
> success. Error received is one that has been posted and addressed here:
> "Money cannot locate [location of file] or cannot open it, possibly because
> it is a read-only file or your disk drive is write protected." For [location
> of file] the name is the file name entered for the restored file; e.g., My
> Money Restored.mny. This would be a new file.
> Fellow has five copies of his backup file. They are all the same size -
> approximately 22mb - but different dates. He claims to have copied the
> default backup file to create these files, but that could be inaccurate. The
> files are named "My Money Backup 0," "My Money Backup 1," etc., up to "My
> Money Backup 5." The names themselves lead me to believe they might have
> been created by Microsoft Money upon exit.
> Version 2006 of the software appears to be working ok. He can create a new
> file and the sample file can be opened. Wouldn't the 2006 version have all
> of the necessary fixes to the problem as previously described in this group?
> Is there some file name imbedded with the backup file which has to match the
> restore name?

Do File-> Restore of the backup file. Do not accept the default
location to restore to. Instead, Browse to your "My Documents" and
specify a filename that does not yet exist there.

#-1 01-18-2006, 02:24 AM

Trying to help a fellow who cannot open his backup Money file. He was using
2002, had a problem, tried to restore from backup with no success. He then
removed 2002 and installed 2006, tried to restore from backup with no
success. Error received is one that has been posted and addressed here:
"Money cannot locate [location of file] or cannot open it, possibly because
it is a read-only file or your disk drive is write protected." For [location
of file] the name is the file name entered for the restored file; e.g., My
Money Restored.mny. This would be a new file.

Fellow has five copies of his backup file. They are all the same size -
approximately 22mb - but different dates. He claims to have copied the
default backup file to create these files, but that could be inaccurate. The
files are named "My Money Backup 0," "My Money Backup 1," etc., up to "My
Money Backup 5." The names themselves lead me to believe they might have
been created by Microsoft Money upon exit.

Version 2006 of the software appears to be working ok. He can create a new
file and the sample file can be opened. Wouldn't the 2006 version have all
of the necessary fixes to the problem as previously described in this group?
Is there some file name imbedded with the backup file which has to match the
restore name?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nancy

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