Microsoft money deluxe plus did the trick. It allowed me to open both files
and I am very, very happy. Thanks for your help and I hope this helps others
out there with the same problem

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, In need of dire assistance wrote:

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On http://www.microsoft.com/money/Produ...s.aspx?pid=002 and
http://www.microsoft.com/money/Produ...ve_tab=Compare
note at the bottom where it says "* Important note – Microsoft Money
Essentials will not be able to open previous Money (Money Deluxe,
Money Premium, or Money Home & Business) or Quicken files. If you
are upgrading from a previous version of Money or Quicken, Money
Plus Deluxe may be the right solution for you."

Even beyond that, there are more differences too.



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So if I install this trial, it will tell me the versions of the files I have
on external drive? I intalled the 2008 money essentials and it said it would
not open older versions of money files. It didn't tell me what version I had
been using. How will plus deluxe be different

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, In need of dire assistance wrote:

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You can install the Money Plus Deluxe trial and see which backup
file extension is used to save your existing file.

Is there a way I can check my backup files on my external drive to see if
they were backed up on a 2001 version?

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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Here's my best guess at some dire assistance which may or may not be your
problem but is for a surprising number of people who get here with this
complaint under these circumstances:

See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=105.

"In need of dire assistance" <In need of dire
assistance[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB4247A5-1F18-4EDE-8DEC-DBF8C6E4C1CC[at]microsoft.com...
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I worked with money 2001on my old computer xp . I had no password for one
file and I did have a clear password for my other file. I had to reformat
and I installed 2001 money on a new laptop with vista. Trying to download my
files, it asks for a password. for the file that didn't have a password, it
asks for the password. For the file that had a password, the official
password didn't work. I ran a password retrieval program and it verified
that the file without a password didn't have one assigned.