Thanks
- quote -

In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

- quote -

You might try one of the XP groups.

On the other hand, I suspect that you might find a friend that would
install Money temporarily to see if that computer could read your
file.

- quote -

Not normally. Formatting with the install does lose everything, and
you would need to reinstall all.

Hi Cal,
System Restore doesn't work so I uninstalled it months ago.

I have an "image" of the entire drive done Sunday evening.
If I knew the name and location of the Registry file(s) I
could recover just that file as it was Sunday. Now I know
anything I installed or modified since then would have to
be reinstalled. That wouldn't be hard.

If I understand correctly, reinstalled the OS, WinXP Pro,
would require reinstalling everything. Do I have that
right?

Thanks

Bob

- quote -

In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

- quote -

Done a virus scan? AVG from Grissoft is good.

Can you do System Restore to a point before you had problems? That
involves bringing back a registry backup.

Or reinstall the OS.

Darn, 2003 won't open either. I'm guessing it must be
something in the Registry. How would I find someone who
knows the Registry?
- quote -

I don't have access to a second computer so it will be a
rebuild process. I'll rename the mil file if I get Money
2003 running. Between the mil file and my bank keeping 3
months on file I will only have to reconsturct 3 months.
I'm going to Quicken. If 2003 works on the mil file I'll
save it in a quicken format and go from there.
When I did the most recent install of 2004 it raised
warnings about ZoneAlarm as well as NAV 2004. It is a real
pain but you have been a great help.
Thank you.
- quote -

In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

- quote -

I don't know. I have always figured to copy it to a .mny name,
leaving the .m11 file intact in case I wanted it for a purpose.

- quote -

Have you tried seeing if a different computer can open a more recent
file? I don't know the mechanism, but it would be worth an
experiment.

I did try the salv.exe to no avail.

If I can get my 2003 Money up and running, would the .mil
file automatically open when clicked or do I have to
rename it.

I'm, slowly, accepting the fact I may have to reconstruct
my hand the past six months records.

I really appreciate you help and guidance.

Bob
- quote -

In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

- quote -

Did you try salv.exe?

In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

- quote -

No. Money saved a copy of your Money 2003 files as *.m11 when you
converted.

Hi and thanks for the insights.

I tried both of your suggestions but the result is the
same. I even installed to a different drive for safety and
used the renamed/salvage file as the start file by double
clicking it.

A question: I saved my 2003 CD. Are 2004 mny files
backwards compatable?

Also I might just buy Quicken rather than fight this thing.


- quote -

Hi Bob

Your file is probably corrupted. Run "msmoney -s" without the quotes from
the run command. If that doesn't work do a search for Salv.exe and run both
phases. Make sure you save the repaired file with a different name. This
may or may not help.

Bob
"Bob" <rbparksremove[at]comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1d7a801c453fe$bcfd1e00$a101280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

In microsoft.public.money, Bob wrote:

- quote -

I would uninstall again, and reinstall to a different
folder/directory.


You can try opening Money to the sample file by double-clicking
sample.mny in Windows Explorer. Actually you hope you get the same
problem indicating it is a problem with the install rather than your
Money file.

After years of no problem operation Money 2004 brings up a
dialog box which says Money encounted a problem and was
closing.
My first thought was reinstall. The Money CD started and
then said there was a problem with Norton Antivirus.
Neither MSFT or Norton's site revealed a solution.
I uninstalled both Norton products. Uninstalled Money. I
then reinstalled money. The Money reinstall did not bring
up any warnings and appeared normal. However, w/o either
Norton product installed Money returned the same error
msg.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Bob