I should add: if you get there and have an issue, post back with specifics.
Most of these--including the one I'm thinking of--are solvable.

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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Money Essentials (MEss) is really nothing more than Money for people who've
never used it and don't really want to.

You cannot transfer your real Money data to MEss. You wouldn't want to if
you could. It's really Money without the serious features but just as a
locally operating web site.

If you want to upgrade or don't have a retail license/install CD for the
version you are using, buy Money Plus Deluxe online and don't look back. Burn
the download and a file containing the emailed product key to a CD so you
don't lose it.

There may be an issue upgrading your old data file. Not sure how far back
this occurs. Think it's before M02 but after M2k.

"Kilty1" wrote:

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I recently bought a new Vista PC with money essentials factory installed. My
old PC is running Money 2000 (or maybe 02). I tried to copy my .mbf and .mny
files as was suggested by many chats I have seen, but I get the message that
money essentials can't read files from other versions of money. Is there a
way around this, or am I unable to transfer my financial records between
these two products?