GOOD TO KNOW.

It would have been really lame if they only allow you to modify 60 days
worth of transactions!!! I'm glad to hear this is not the case.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, petalpower wrote:

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You misunderstood it. The limitation is not on the dates of the
transactions, but the period of time you can enter data.

Thanks, Bob, Cal, and Steve!

Your information helped me a lot.

Another piece of information I found out in my mad search last Friday: it
seems that the trial "full" version of MS Money 2008 or whatever it is they
have for download on the web site ... only allows you to modify 60 DAYS worth
of data! So this would totally not have helped us at all last weekend when
we needed to modify and update/categorize/etc financial records for the past
12 months. Maybe I misunderstood it. But if that was the case, the trial
"full version" of Money wouldn't have helped us at all.

In my exasperation, I was planning to go out and buy the 2008 version so we
could get our work done last weekend. But meanwhile, I had posted an ad on
Craigslist asking if anybody had an old MS Money 2004 or earlier installation
disk they didn't mind parting with. Just when I was getting ready to leave
and go buy the 2008 version, an e-mail came in ... it was a craigslist guy
with an old MS Money 2004 disk! So I picked it up from him, and and that's
how we got MS Money installed last weekend. This is nice because when our
newly ordered MS Money 2004 comes in this week, we will have two copies that
hopefully will be compatible with each other.

THANKS AGAIN EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HELP.

There is one other quirk that from the sound of things shouldn't affect you
but you should be aware.

MS produced regional versions of Money around the world to take care of
varying fiscal laws. So there were US, UK, French, German, Spanish and
Japanese plus an International English version. None of these can read a
file produced by another regional version. So US Money can't read a UK Money
file.

As I said doesn't sound as if it will affect you.

Also as Cal has hinted the entry level version - Money Essentials - can't
read a file produced by any other version of Money.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

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


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"petalpower" <petalpower[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, petalpower wrote:

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There no way to say "Save as a 2004 version."

WOW. Thank you.

From the posts here, it looks like it will be impossible for us to open our
data file in MS Money 2004, after we open the .MNY file and make changes in a
later version. Is there no way to say "Save as a 2004 version"??? You
know how Microsoft Excel lets you save it in an earlier-version format so it
will be backward-compatible?

We don't have the Money 2000 software that we previously installed because
our previous Treasurer is not here anymore. We need to update our files
today and this weekend, and so we need to install MS Money asap. All we have
is the .mny data file created in Money 2000 Standard. And a broken
installation disk (rueful smile).

It looks like the only way for us to update our files this weekend is to
download a 2008 trial version to use for now. Is that right? I wonder if
there is any store that sells an older version (2004 or older) that we could
buy today? Does anyone know of such a place? I'm in San Francisco. The
thing I don't like about upgrading to 2008 is that it won't be backward
compatible ... so if any other members have an earlier version of MS Money
installed on their computers, they won't be able to open our data file.

Too bad the 2004 software didn't get here in the mail today as we originally
hoped! Then everything would be fine. *sigh*

Money can import files from older versions. Older versions can never
read the Money files from a newer version. See below.

In microsoft.public.money, petalpower wrote:

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If the conversion did not work directly (it may or may not), then
you could use the method in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919524/en-us of using an earlier
trial version as intermediate step. Note that the trial versions
involved will not work if the computer date is current; it will have
to see the date as back when the trial was valid.


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First, you cannot use Money Essentials for this. Money Plus Deluxe
has an activation that can be used on two computers. You might check
Sams. There was a problem which required you to get some files from
the trial and replace files from the Money Plus Deluxe install
during the trial. I don't know if the problem disks are still around
or not.

================================================== =

Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe installed from CD not being able to
install the SP1 update

temporary workaround circa april may 2008.


This is a work around for a temporary problem.
This ONLY works for Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe installed from CD.

1) Uninstall your current version of Microsoft Money on your
computer by going to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. If
you have the Trial Version of Microsoft Money installed at this
time, proceed to #5.

2) Open up Internet Explorer and go to
http://www.microsoft.com/money/freetrial_deluxe.mspx and click
"Download the Free Trial".

3) Once the program is installed, open the Microsoft Money program
and once you are prompted to install the update, do so.

4) Once the update is complete, open Microsoft Money trial and go
to Help> About Microsoft Money, check the version number. The last
four numbers should now be 1415.

5) Close Microsoft Money trial and go to "C:/Program
Files/Microsoft Money Plus". Right-click on the Microsoft Money
Plus folder and select 'copy', then go to your desktop and
right-click on there and select 'paste'.

6) Go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel and uninstall the
trial version of Microsoft Money. Reboot your system. Then
install your CD version of the product.

7) Once the program is installed, go to "C:/Program Files" and
delete the "Microsoft Money Plus" folder. Click and drag the
Microsoft Money Plus folder from your desktop into the Program
Files folder or copy and paste. Once the folder is copied to the
Program Files folder, open Microsoft Money and check the version
number again.

8) After you open Microsoft Money and are not being prompted for
the update, delete the 'Microsoft Money Plus' folder from your
desktop.

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petalpower wrote:

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You can buy any version you want on Ebay.

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This should work, barring problems with corruption.

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That won't work. See notes below about versions.

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* Newer versions of Money can open files created with older versions,
but not the other way round.

* When a newer version of Money opens an older version's file, the
first thing it does is update the file to the newer version. That means
the older version of Money can no longer use the data file after it's
converted.

* Barring unusual problems with corruption, you should be able to
upgrade from any older version of Money to any newer version. There may
be some intermediate steps since you're still on the 2000 version.

Whatever version of Money you choose to use, you'll need to buy
multiple copies and update all your machines at once.

The latest version of Money (Money Plus) runs on all versions of
Windows, as far as I know, except maybe W98 and older.

If I were in your place, I would:
1. Make multiple backups of the data file.
2. Download the latest version of Money.
3. Install it on all the appropriate machines.
4. Get back to business.
5. Purchase the licenses.



--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX

I have a similar question about compatibility of .mny data files across
different versions of Microsoft Money.

In our organization, we have been using Microsoft Money 2000 Standard. Our
past history is saved in the MS 2000 .mny format. We need to install
Microsoft Money on our new Treasurer's computer so she can access the old
history and continue downloading our online bank account information, etc.
Much to our surprise, we found that our old MS Money disk is now CRACKED and
doesn't work anymore (yeah, we tried it!!!).

So we need to get a new copy of the MS Money software our organization. We
found MS Money Deluxe 2004 at amazon.com. We ordered it from amazon,
thinking it might be more likely to be compatible with our old .mny file than
a new, new version like Money 2008.

What do you think? Will our .mny file from Money 2000 Standard likely open
in Money Deluxe 2004?

Now for another wrinkle. We hoped the software would arrive by today
(Friday), but it will not. Our new Treasurer needs to work on the files
today and over the weekend. I noticed that you can download a free trial of
various different versions of Money from Microsoft's web site. Would it be
possible for us to download the free trial, import our old history .mny file
into the trial version, download the most recent months of bank information
and work on creating the year-end financial reports over the weekend ... and
then import the NEW file (the one that will be updated using the trial
version) into our Money 2004 Deluxe software when it comes in the mail next
week?

I am asking this because I don't want our Treasurer to do all the work of
updating these files and then find that they are not compatible with the
Money 2004 Deluxe software that comes in next week.

If that works, it would be ideal. We can just download the trial version
software and begin working right away. We only spent $18 on the old version
disk (including expedited shipping) from amazon, but this solution is nice
since it doesn't cost any additional money.

BUT IF THE ABOVE SOLUTION IS UNLIKELY TO WORK ....

Note that we are also willing to BUY a new software disk today and just cut
our losses with regards to the order from amazon. We could go to Best Buy or
wherever and buy a copy of the latest MS Money for like $40. It would cost
us extra time and money, but would this be guaranteed to work? In that case,
it would be worth it.

We just don't want to spend the extra time and money in running out to get a
new version of Money from Best Buy and then come back and find out that it is
not compatible with our old .mny files from Money 2000 Standard.

Another question ... is the latest version of Money comptible only with
Vista or can you use it with Windows XP, 2000, ETC?

Thanks for your help!!!

Money is heavily regionalized and a file created in, say, a UK version,
cannot be read by a US version. Can you remember is your M2002 a non US
version?

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

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


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"Laurent Griot" <Laurent Griot[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Money Plus Deluxe or Premium? (Essentials is a totally different and useless
product and won't read your Standard. Plus or Premium data file). Same
localization? That is, is your M2002 a US (or Canadian) version. Money
will not convert a file created in another localization.
--
Peace,
BobJ

"Laurent Griot" <Laurent Griot[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have recently installed Money plus, and was trying to open my old money
file where I have years of history.
It is a money 2002 (with updates) file.
When I try to open it, I get the following message:
Money can't open this file, because it was created using a different version
of money.
This is very disappointing, surely I can still convert my old file into the
new format somehow? if there a converting little software that I can download
from your site, to use as a one-off?
Please let me know.

Many thanks in advance for your help.