Money 98

Hi:

I purchased a new computer and went from Windows ME to Windows XP Home.
Money 98 was on the old computer and was installed on the new one. However,
when I ask to open the files I have for transactions, it will not bring them
up. It says the files must be .mny files. I cannot tell what the file suffix
is, other than it says it is an "application" file.

Can you help me.

Thanks,

Duncan

Dick
Sat Oct 08 13:26:31 CDT 2005

How was M98 installed on the new machine? From the CD? Can it open its own
Sample file? (Money File|Open and navigate to the directory where Money was
installed (typically something like c:\program files\microsoft money or
similar) and look for a Sample.MNY file.) How did the "files [you] have for
transactions" get on the new machine?

You might also want to go into a Windows Explorer Window, Tools|Folder
Options, and go set the option to see the extension on what you think is the
data file just long enough to figure out what it is.

"Duncan Findlay" <dfindlay@westpark.on.ca> wrote in message
news:htKdncpY5IF8cdreRVn-hA@golden.net...
> I purchased a new computer and went from Windows ME to Windows XP Home.
> Money 98 was on the old computer and was installed on the new one.
> However, when I ask to open the files I have for transactions, it will not
> bring them up. It says the files must be .mny files. I cannot tell what
> the file suffix is, other than it says it is an "application" file.

Duncan
Sat Oct 08 15:15:47 CDT 2005

Hi Dick:

The Money 98 program and the Money.mny file were copied over from my old
computrer to to the new one by the company I bought the new computer from;
no, the CD was not used to do this.

Yes I can open the Sample.MNY file OK.

When I open Windows Explorer Window, Tools|Folder|Options and edit Microsoft
Money file type it says it is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\msmoney.exe"
%1, which p[resumably indicates it is not a .MNY file. When you said, "You
might also want to go into a Windows , and go set the option to see the
extension on what you think is the data file just long enough to figure out
what it is," I could not seem to follow that instruction. On the file type
edit page for MSMONEY, I tried to invoke the "Always show extension," but
the only extension that appeared was the word "Application".

If it is possible to make a copy of my MSMONEY file and change the extension
to read .MNY instead of .exe, would I be able to restore the file so I can
access it and retrieve all the info stored in that file? If that is OK, how
do I change the extension on that file since it does not show up in my
Windows directory except as an "application" file

Thanks in advance for your help,

Duncan


"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko@mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:e4H6JXDzFHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> How was M98 installed on the new machine? From the CD? Can it open its own
> Sample file? (Money File|Open and navigate to the directory where Money
> was installed (typically something like c:\program files\microsoft money
> or similar) and look for a Sample.MNY file.) How did the "files [you] have
> for transactions" get on the new machine?
>
> You might also want to go into a Windows , and go set the option to see
> the extension on what you think is the data file just long enough to
> figure out what it is.
>
> "Duncan Findlay" <dfindlay@westpark.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:htKdncpY5IF8cdreRVn-hA@golden.net...
>> I purchased a new computer and went from Windows ME to Windows XP Home.
>> Money 98 was on the old computer and was installed on the new one.
>> However, when I ask to open the files I have for transactions, it will
>> not bring them up. It says the files must be .mny files. I cannot tell
>> what the file suffix is, other than it says it is an "application" file.
>
>

Dick
Sat Oct 08 15:27:13 CDT 2005

Comments inline.

"Duncan Findlay" <dfindlay@westpark.on.ca> wrote in message
news:DrKdnaB0DN9utdXeRVn-vQ@golden.net...
> The Money 98 program and the Money.mny file were copied over from my old
> computrer to to the new one by the company I bought the new computer from;
> no, the CD was not used to do this.

This generally does not work at all well.

> Yes I can open the Sample.MNY file OK.

That's a good sign.

> When I open Windows Explorer Window, Tools|Folder|Options and edit
> Microsoft Money file type it says it is C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Money\msmoney.exe" %1, which p[resumably indicates it is not a .MNY file.

Huh? What about your data files??? I didn't think we had gotten to editing
the file type definitions yet. Mostly I was hoping to figure out what the
data files were.

> When you said, "You might also want to go into a Windows , and go set the
> option to see the extension on what you think is the data file just long
> enough to figure out what it is," I could not seem to follow that
> instruction. On the file type edit page for MSMONEY, I tried to invoke the
> "Always show extension," but the only extension that appeared was the word
> "Application".

Well, an MSMONEY.EXE file **is** and application. That's what an .EXE is.

> If it is possible to make a copy of my MSMONEY file and change the
> extension to read .MNY instead of .exe, would I be able to restore the
> file so I can access it and retrieve all the info stored in that file? If
> that is OK, how do I change the extension on that file since it does not
> show up in my Windows directory except as an "application" file

You need to find--or ask the guy who did this all to find--the .MNY data
files. That's where the data is. It's in the data files. Just like the
Sample.MNY file. Have you done a Start|Search of all drives for files of
type Microsoft Money or whatever it lists them as?