Yep, and now every single one of those transactions doens't have a category
assigned to it. So I have to go back two years and do them manually. Even
though I created new categories and deleted the old ones. Gonzo.

"CK" wrote:

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I'm not sure I understand. One of my phantom categories is "Insurance". Just
plain insurance. Even though I use many subcategories under "Insurance.
(dental, health, life, etc.)" If I rename "Insurance", or delete it and then
rename it, how will I ever know which transaction goes with which category?

I'm going to end up having to upgrade my Money beacuse of all of this. This
is such a pain.

Thanks for your help.


"Michael Gordon" wrote:

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Do a rename -- it changes the category for all relevant transactions.

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Michael Gordon


"CK" <CK[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm aware of the problem that happens when you want to switch from Essential
Budget to Advanced Budget. And I am following the steps found in this article
(and also in these discussion archives)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899628

I am confused about deleting phantom categories. For instance, one of my
phantom categories is "Charitable Donations: United Way". So I go to the
"Categories and Payees" screen under account tools. Apparently I need to
temporarily reassign this particular category to another top level category.
Ok fine. But then that means I have to go back through 3 years of
transactions and manually change the category back to what it was. A -
that'll make my reports virtually unuseable, and B- if I go back and change
them all to the correct category, it will take forever.

Unless I am missing something obvious here. What kind of category am I
supposed to 'temporarily assign' the phantom category to?

Any help would be appreciated.