Gil,
You are simply wrong here on the conversion capability of Money. I have
upgraded Money about ten times since Money95 and still have access to my
data from 13 years ago in my current .mny file. Unless there is something
else going on, when you try to open a *.mny file created in a previous
version, you will get a message that if you click OK, Money will convert
this file to the new version of Money. That new file cannot be read in the
older version, but should work fine in the current MSMoney. If it does not
do this, you have some other problem, like the two versions are not from the
same region, the data file is corrupted, or you don't have the proper
permissions (this is particularly an issue with Vista).
--
Peace,
BobJ

"Gil Baron" <w0mn00[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:22:49 -0000, "Bob Peel, MVP"
<bob_peel[at]kiandra.freeserve.co.uk.INVALID> wrote:

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a reason simple to abandon money and go back to Quicken or some other
thing that does not treat users this way.
Losing old data from a financial program is not nice and I won't EVER
use it again.
It did do the update but that did not help, apparently the updat3e
does not include the ability to read older files.
Think how many firms would sue them if they tried this with office
files.
Gil w0mn00[at]gmail.com
Hierro Candente, Batir de repente

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What they mean by "mainstream support" is that if a major bug is found it
won't get fixed. In general MS stop bug fixing support (but not that they do
much of that anyway) 18 months after the next version is released.

This also applies if in fixing a bug in a later version they "break" an
earlier version that is "out of support" then they won't fix it.

PS when upgrading to a newer version you don't need to play around with
backups. On installing a newer version of Money (provided it is from same
region) it will find your old version's .mny file and upgrade it.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.


I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.

"Michael Hooper" <MichaelHooper[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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As suggested I opened the Sample file but Microsoft would not update it to
the latest version. Went back to the Microsoft support lifecycle page and it
clearly says that Mainstream support ceased 8/01/2008 and in the Extended
Support column it says "not applicable" and that seems to be that. I have
emailed Microsoft asking whether Money 2008 will open and import my data from
my Money 2005 Premium back up file. I await their reply with interest.
Thank you all for your interest and help.

Regards

Michael Hooper

In microsoft.public.money, Michael Hooper wrote:

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I suggest you follow Martin's advice and open Sample.mny. Money 2005
is indeed still supported for some versions including the UK
version. While in the US it is not "supported", it still can
download the needed update to make the version be 14.0.*.1105.

"Martin Beenham" wrote:

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As I mentioned above, Money 2005 is no longer supported by Microsoft hence
when trying to update on line there is a blank page. If you go to their
website it says that this version is no longer supported. Two years was the
time limit I believe. Frankly I'm disgusted that this sort of situation
occurs. It means that unless a later version can read my back up file I've
lost about 7 years of information from an earlier version of money also.
Thanks for trying to help.

Regards

Michael Hooper

In message <F810B938-391A-4D6E-A079-C6202176303C[at]microsoft.com> , Michael
Hooper <MichaelHooper[at]discussions.microsoft.com> writes
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All you need to do is to open the default money file that is produced
when you install Money and do an online update to Money:
Tools-> Internet Updates-> Update Now
and "Get The Latest Money Updates"
Check afterwards that the update has run because sometimes it doesn't.
Repeat if necessary.

Afterwards you will be able to open your backup Money file.
You don't need to buy an updated version of Money.

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Martin Beenham (martin at beenham dot me dot uk)

I run XP and have recently had to reload Money 2005 Premium and then tried to
restore my back up file with no success. The back up file was created with
the updated (by Microsoft) 2005 programme hence the the reloaded original
Money 2005 programme will not restore the back up file and the usual error
message appears. I am unable to update my original Money 2005 programme as
Microsoft have stopped supporting this version as of last January according
to their website. Is there a way round this problem or is there an updated
version of Money 2005 Premium available out there for sale? Failing the
foregoing does any one know whether Money 2008 Deluxe will restore or accept
the data in my 2005 back up file? Any help with this problem would be
greatly appreciated here down under.

Regards

Michael Hooper