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and reopen from a shortcut (Program menu for instance) the file you were in
before will open----this is correct.

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Yes.

"Gwen" <itsgwen2u_NO1SPAM[at]adelphia.net> wrote in message
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<<If you do any moving of files, just remember that Money
tries to open the last file you were in, so if it is no
longer where Money expects it to be, you will also get the
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was in. But, given that statement, is it safe to say that
I can:

1) open the correct Money file - then open MS Money
2) assuming MS Money opens the correct file (it just did
when I tried this), I can delete the other copies I have
on my hard drive, leaving just the correct one that can be
opened?

This has been such a mess!! LOL. It feels like I'm on
the downhill side, though.

Thanks, again, Bonnie. I appreciate your time.


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It doesn't really matter where the file is located, but it's better to keep
it in a directory where you know you won't delete by mistake. You can find
the location of your Money files by going to Start, Search or Find, Files
and Folders and search for *.mny. Be sure to search My Computer. You can
double click on any of these files to open them. Since you are saying that
Money is trying to open an .mbf file, that sounds like it is the backup to
the file you want. It's not good that it can't open it, but hopefully you
can find the actual file and open it through the find. If you do any moving
of files, just remember that Money tries to open the last file you were in,
so if it is no longer where Money expects it to be, you will also get the
error message you described.


"Gwen" <itsgwen2u_NOSPAMM1NG[at]adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Bonnie? I hope you're still out there.

<<Sorry to confuse you.>
First of all - no apology necessary - it's easily done,
unfortunately. <g
<<The far easier way to do this is to reinstall Money.
This will replace the correct OFC file association. If
the extra files you have lying around are OFC files, you
can definitely delete them. Once the information has been
imported into Money, you do not need them.>
OK. I've taken two great pieces of advice and have
1) deleted my temp files (found as a suggestion in another
thread to someone with a similar-sounding problem)
2) Re-installed M99.

My problem, now, seems to be that the Money file is not in
the correct directory. <--that's an uneducated guess,
however.

When I attempt to open M99, I receive the following
message:

'Money cannot locate 'C:\MyDocuments\My MONEY RESTORE
Backup 0.mbf' or cannot open it, possibly because it is a
read-only file or your disk drive is write protected. If
you have chosen the correct file and it cannot be
accessed, you will need to open your most recent backup
file.

If the file is being used by another application, close it
in the other application and try again.'

* The 'newest' file that I have been using since
correcting a plethura of other [corrupt data] issues is
called 'MY MONEY RESTORE,' however, I don't know about
the 'Backup 0.mbf' portion.'

Do I manually move that file somewhere? I still have
scads of other backups sitting there that I am afraid to
fully delete till I get this running correctly.

Thanks for your help - I hope you come across this
message, again, since it's so old.

~Gwen


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Sorry to confuse you. The far easier way to do this is to reinstall Money.
This will replace the correct OFC file association. If the extra files you
have lying around are OFC files, you can definitely delete them. Once the
information has been imported into Money, you do not need them.

"gwen" <itsgwen2u[at]adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Bonnie, I'm back.

<<That should work, but if not, remove the file
association and reinstall Money.>
I am beginning to think that this is the way I'm going to
have to go. I can't even make it to the portion of the
instruction where I type, 'c:\program files\Microsoft
Money\System\Msmoney.exe-x' because (going back to the
step #1 I was given), I don't have an entry in the File
Types area called 'Money Download.' I have: Microsoft
Money Backup File and Microsoft Money file.

When I opted to skip ahead to #6, I was able to type Money
Download in the New Type box, but, when it came time to
type .ofc for Default Extention for Content Type, that
line was grayed out.

And I think I forgot to clarify that I do receive .ofc
files from the bank.

Anyway - in trying to remedy another Money problem I'd had
(corrupt data being saved), I've got several useless Money
files hanging around - still showing bad information. Do
you think there would be a problem with me deleting those,
just for my sanity's sake?

Thanks, again. I'm feeling so useless, here!! LOL.
~Gwen

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Comments inline. .

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To fully understand this, you'd have to see the way a current version of
Money works. Basically, when you download a statement, the transactions are
displayed in the register in bold until you accept them, as opposed to a
Money 99 statement where you'd click on Transactions to Read and then be
presented each transaction for review one at a time.

However, if you are receive the statment as a qif file and import it as a
new or recovered account rather than as a statement the transactions will
simply be added to the register rather than being presented for review as a
statement is.

I hope that helps make more sense to you!

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Referring back to 1., is this an OFC statement? If it's qif, you'll need to
modify that file association, and yes, change to mnyimprt.exe.

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First, I'd find out what kind of statement I'm downloading. If you have the
optiont to try ofc if you are using qif now, do that as it may work and is
the better option. Then I'd make the adjustments to the appropriate file
type, save one of those files, and double click to see if it's imported into
Money. If not, I'd delete the file association, then I'd right click (or
shift right click depending on the operating system) on the file and choose
open with and browse to the mnyimprt.exe file and check the box to always
open this file type with this program. That should work, but if not, remove
the file association and reinstall Money.


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Hi Bonnie,

Thank you for your reply. I hate to appear dense, but,
I'm afraid I'm confused about a couple of items.

1) You wrote: <<With Money 99, if a statement wasn't
present, it was usually because Money hadn't received it
since statements were not presented in the register.

I do normally receive statements in M99's register, but,
I'm thinking that I am misunderstanding your meaning on
the last part of that statement.

2) <<Regarding the instructions you were given, the file
shouldn't open with msmoney.exe, but rather with
mnyimprt.exe. Money may recognize the ofc file as a
statement and it still may work, though.>
So, should I substitute 'mnyimprt.exe.' for
the 'msmoney.exe.' if I attempt to do this (I haven't had
a chance to do so, yet)

and, finally

3) <<Another way to fix this would be to reinstall Money
as that will redo the file associations.>
Ironically, I *think* this is when my trouble began; when
I reinstalled Money due to some other issues that I was
having.

Given that, Bonnie, if it were your files, what would you
do, first?

Thanks in advance!
~Gwen


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Bonnie, thanks for the tip--I was able to get it to work
using that link. The repair utility didn't work but the
sugessted last resort of exporting and re-importing worked
fine so that I could continue using the data. I still have
to set up my budget and bills/deposits but that shouldn't
be too painfull.

Thanks again.

Ngoni.
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Try the following article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;316900


"Ngoni Mareya" <ngoni_mareya[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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It sounds like you are downloading from your bank's website. With Money 99,
if a statement wasn't present, it was usually because Money hadn't received
it since statements were not presented in the register.

Regarding the instructions you were given, the file shouldn't open with
msmoney.exe, but rather with mnyimprt.exe. Money may recognize the ofc file
as a statement and it still may work, though. Another way to fix this would
be to reinstall Money as that will redo the file associations.

"Gwen" <itsgwen2u[at]adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Good Morning,

I can't offer you any answers, but, wanted to mention that
I'm running Money 99 and am having the same issue. I have
just contacted my bank's technical support to see if this
is something that they are seeing, too.

Keep us posted!

~Gwen


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I use MOney 2002 and have background banking set up with
US Bank. It has been working succesfully for over a year
until just last week. It has stopped showing the
downloaded transactions in the account register but it
does alert me that there are statements to read.

I have cleared my temporary internet files folder but that
did not work. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Ngoni.