Leah,

Any luck? I have also had this problem for years - ever since Money was
converted to the crazy .NET interface. (Same time they stupidly dropped the
Mobile PocketPC interface.) I would drop Money and switch to another product
but I have been using Money for 14+ years now and don't want to lose my
database.

I have to kill and restart Money on average of 3 times for every session.

-Erik

"Leah Etienne" wrote:

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"Dominicus" wrote:

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I can't say that this version is buggier than previous. I've seen and
reported hanging issues with matching transactions in previous versions
(happens if the matching amounts are slightly different and you make an
update before accepting amounts)
I have to kill the application then restart it again. It's a little
frustrating. I don't know if this bug is migrating from version to version
and being ignored, or if its related to upgrading of older file formats. It
really should be fixed.

Susan,

Thank You much. After my post I read about the nuke-the-bills process.

I used the method of setting up an extra computer running an un-nuked
version of my Money file over a Remote Desktop connection. It took me about
30 mins to re-enter all the bills one-by-one...Aarrg.

However: payback...my file now loads in just 10 seconds!!!!!! The old file
loads in 40-45 seconds. Navigation has gotten much better, especially going
into the Investing tab, but also how quickly it will allow me to trigger
Online Updates.

I will have to wait for coming days for downloaded transactions to be
matched to the newly entered bills and really prove this has taken the main
problem away. But for those who suffer from slowness, well this has improved
it at least momentarily.

The file size didn't go down as much (23 to 22 Mb). I believe Money has a
self-compressing process that runs periodically, and may be forced-triggered
as part of the Nuke-the-Bills process, so I suspect those individuals that
see noticeable compression may be just experiencing fresh compression. I can
see prior versions of my file (all before Nuke-the-Bills), with as much as
32Mb. I haven't used the Archiving feature since 2002 or so.

Joy!Dominicus

"harrelsonesq" wrote:

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WinXP/Money 2005 upgrade to Money Plus describes my environment, and I had a
similar problem. It occurred only upon downloading transactions.

"Nuke the bills" fixed it. Make a copy of your data file, in case you get
undesired results. You will have to enter your scheduled transactions again,
but it should put an end to the freezing problem.

Susan

"Dominicus" <Dominicus[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have WinXP and recently upgraded to Money Plus from Money 2005.

When I 'accept' an electronically downloaded transaction that happens to
match a scheduled bill, and I confirm the match, Money Plus just hangs on the
hourglass.

I'm able to click on the top-right close button, which quickly reports Money
is not able to respond, an I have to kill the Money session.

When I reopen the file, I can briefly see a nondescrit pop-up box with a
horizontal progress bar (autorecover process?) and I'm able to work on my
file again.

The transaction is entered correctly and the bill is marked paid (i.e. shows
listed for the next period in Bills).

IMO, this is the slowest, buggiest version of Money yet.