In microsoft.public.money, Dave wrote:

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That's up to date.

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That's *.mbf ... hope that you actually were searching for *.mdf
when you did not find such a file.

You also could search for the backup made when you converted to
Money 2007. If you converted from Money 2004, for example, that
would be a *.m15 file. Perhaps you could search for "*.m1?".

Did you maybe back up to a USB drive at some point?

Is it possible that running Vista, you don't find all of the stuff
on the network drive that you don't own? I don't know.

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Ouch.


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You don't have a password, so the question would be moot.

Find salv.exe in your install, typically in
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money 2007\MNYCoreFiles\".
See if that can make sense of your file. I am not very hopeful for
you, but it's worth a try.

I don't have to tell you to review your backup strategies for the
future.



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Alright I realize I am an idiot and had set Money up to never make a backup
file like it does by default.

Am i completely screwed?

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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Well Money version is 16.0.150.1303

Unfortunately I don't seem to have any mdf files anywhere. I looked in the
My Documents folder (showing hidden files too) and then did a general search
for mdf files. no luck.

Just onle little detail. My Microsoft money file has been on a netowrked
hard drive which i access from a different computer. Today i discovered that
that networked hard drive had died. I have since recovered all those files
but i suspect when the HD died, it did something bad to the money file.

I am so frustrated. Will a password recovery program work for Money 2007?

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Dave wrote:

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If Help about does not show the version to be less than 16.0.*.1303,
check back.


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They are typically in your Documents/MyDocuments folder. But a
search for *.mbf should show them. They should incorporate a
timestamp as part of the filename.

Yes i can open any other money file besides the one i need.

I am using Vista mainly, but i also tried opening up the file in XP with the
same result.

Where are the backup .mbf files? I'll try looking for them

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Dave wrote:

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The good news is that Money 2007 makes backup files by default. So
unless you changed things, you should find some *.mbf files.

If using XP, try opening Money by double-clicking the sample.mny
file, which would typically be in
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money 2007\"

Does that open? If you are not using XP, say so.

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I have been using Money 2007 for the last several months without issue (have
been using prior versions for past several years). I haven;t upgraded
anything for awhile.

Today my computer crashed while Money was running. Upon restarting Money, it
now asks for a password for the file. I never set one! None of my usual
passwords work, nor do i even get to the point of asking me for a passport
password.

I don't know what the heck is going on. It seems people get this problem
when using different versions of Money.. but i haven't changed anyting. It
seems my file got corrupt but i never made a backup.

Someone please help me!