Money 1999 to 2004 file transfer

#2 11-07-2003, 04:10 PM

Maybe, but it's not clear what yet.

Try double-clicking on the copied file on the new desktop from Windows
Explorer. M04 should open the file, discover that it's an M99 file, and go
through an upgrade dialog and process.

Also, confirm that the file on the desktop is really the file you think it
is and not a shortcut or some such by checking its properties. (R-click from
Windows Explorer and select Properties.) You might also try dragging the
file from the new system desktop back to the old system desktop and the
double click on it on the old system desktop to make sure that it open in
the old M99 system and really is the file you think it is.

"Lynne" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0c5901c3a54d$8c3c4210$a501280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> Okay, I copied the money.mny file to the desktop of the
> new computer. Money 2004 was preinstalled, so I didn't
> have to install it. (Should I reinstall using the CD
> that came with the computer?) I went to Sample and that
> opened fine. I told the program to open the file on the
> desktop, and I got the opening page for the set up
> assistance. When I said that I wanted to just work on
> Money now, there were no accounts, etc. -- no sign of the
> file I thought I had opened. Am I missing something
> simple?

#1 11-07-2003, 03:38 PM

Okay, I copied the money.mny file to the desktop of the
new computer. Money 2004 was preinstalled, so I didn't
have to install it. (Should I reinstall using the CD
that came with the computer?) I went to Sample and that
opened fine. I told the program to open the file on the
desktop, and I got the opening page for the set up
assistance. When I said that I wanted to just work on
Money now, there were no accounts, etc. -- no sign of the
file I thought I had opened. Am I missing something
simple?

- quote -

> -----Original Message-----
> Tough to say because despite all you wrote it's tough to
tell what you are
> doing and what is actually happening.
> Use you network to copy your .MNY data file from the
Win98SE/M99 machine to
> the new machine. Install M04 on the new machine.
Navigate to the sample file
> in the Program Files\Microsoft Money directory and
double-click on it to
> have M04 open it. Once the sample file is open, go to
Money File|Open and
> navigate the file open dialog to the file you copied
from the Win98SE/M99
> system. Tell Money to open it. What happens? What
messages do you receive?
> What happens then?
> "Lynne" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> news:0a8801c3a53f$6ea44d50$a601280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > I want to transfer my Money file from a Money 1999
> > program running on a Windows 98SE machine to another
> > machine in a home network that came with Money 2004
(from
> > Dell). I have gone through opening the Money files,
both
> > on floppy and via the network. My Computer shows large
> > files under Money 2004, but nothing comes up when I
open
> > the files within Money 2004. Am I missing a step or
> > something?
> > > .

11-07-2003, 03:13 PM

Tough to say because despite all you wrote it's tough to tell what you are
doing and what is actually happening.

Use you network to copy your .MNY data file from the Win98SE/M99 machine to
the new machine. Install M04 on the new machine. Navigate to the sample file
in the Program Files\Microsoft Money directory and double-click on it to
have M04 open it. Once the sample file is open, go to Money File|Open and
navigate the file open dialog to the file you copied from the Win98SE/M99
system. Tell Money to open it. What happens? What messages do you receive?
What happens then?

"Lynne" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0a8801c3a53f$6ea44d50$a601280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> I want to transfer my Money file from a Money 1999
> program running on a Windows 98SE machine to another
> machine in a home network that came with Money 2004 (from
> Dell). I have gone through opening the Money files, both
> on floppy and via the network. My Computer shows large
> files under Money 2004, but nothing comes up when I open
> the files within Money 2004. Am I missing a step or
> something?

#-1 11-07-2003, 01:57 PM

I want to transfer my Money file from a Money 1999
program running on a Windows 98SE machine to another
machine in a home network that came with Money 2004 (from
Dell). I have gone through opening the Money files, both
on floppy and via the network. My Computer shows large
files under Money 2004, but nothing comes up when I open
the files within Money 2004. Am I missing a step or
something?

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