One thing to try is this: install the trial edition of M+ Deluxe and see if
it will restore and upgrade your file. If it does, look at the file it
leaves behind. If it's not named [yourfilename].M10, then the backup was not
actually made with Money 2002.

This has happened to a number of people--the forget about an upgrade they
did along the way or something. The "password" message is Money's way of
trying to tell you this.

"Chris" <Chris[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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My hard drive recently crashed. When I try to restore my money file onto the
new hard drive I get an error message saying that the default location for
storing the restored file has an invalid path name. Then, I browse for the
exact same location, and click restore only to get prompted for a password.
The problem is that I never had a password to begin with so I cannot oblige
it to access my file. I never used passport and never protected my file with
an off-line money password either. Can anyone tell me what I should do.