"JA" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a12f01c3eb61$ae37e680$a001280a[at]phx.gbl...
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An archive is just a regular money file.

By default, starting Money opens the last file you used.

As a result, unless you use "File > Open" to select your regular file, or
doubleclick your regular file in Windows Explorer, Money will continue to
open your archive instead of your regular file.

If you've never looked at a different file in the last 4-5 years, your
regular file could be anywhere on your hard drive(s)

Search your system for "*.mny", including hidden and system folders. Sort
by date, then look for the second-newest file As you just opened it, your
archive will likely appear as the newest file. In case there is something
wrong with Money or your system, you may want to copy all your Money files
to a .zip, CD-R, etc before attempting to open any of them.

Although I've never seen a specific example given, I've read many times in
this newsgroup that Money 1998 was the buggiest version of Money ever
released. Hopefully your data disappearance isn't an example of that
bugginess.

Good luck.

--
Scott Tyler
agent_scotty-at-hotmail-dot-com

In microsoft.public.money, JA wrote:

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How large is the current file?

If you do a File-> Export, do you get QIF data for the missing
transactions? If so, export QIFs from each account and hold them in
case that is your best recovery.

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new question, however, my backup does not contain the data
I am missing. Even my bank account "icon" is missing. I
wasn't archiving when the data disappeared, just looked at
some old archived files. I can't even begin to try to
find my missing stuff. Woe is me.

In microsoft.public.money, JA wrote:

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Did you read the response from when you posted before?

I was checking something I archived from 1999 and when I
had finished, my whole bank account disappeared and every
transaction that I had posted in the last 1 1/2 years went
with it. I have no idea where they went; would anyone
guess?? The logo for that account doesn't even appear
anymore. The whole file and everything to go with it
seems to have gone. I've been using this for a long time
and can't imagine that I hit Delete. But not being very
technical, I could have done something just as drastic. If
I sent them to a weird file, where would I begin to look
for that data? You could even email me at
bob(removethis)auf[at]prodigy.net.