MS Money 2005 "Is Already Running" message

I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to get
Money to restart is to reboot the PC.

I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2 and
get the same issue on both.

I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004 this
has not been an issue

Any suggestions to resolve this please.

via_newsgroup
Thu Dec 09 13:46:10 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, Terry Carter wrote:

>I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
>seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
>when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
>message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to get
>Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>
>I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2 and
>get the same issue on both.
>
>I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004 this
>has not been an issue
>
>Any suggestions to resolve this please.
>

Do you want to use background banking automatic updates? If not, I
would remove automatic account updates via
Banking->AccountTools->ManageOnlineServices by clicking next to each
account that you have automatic updates set for.


http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/money05_content.its51/$content$/...
describes how to initiate automatic updates.

Let us know if that affects the problem.

Terry
Thu Dec 09 13:56:13 CST 2004

Cal

I do not have any banking automatic updates running - are there any other
settings I should look at?

It seems theres something still running in the background however XP's task
manager does not show any tasks runnning once I "close" Money 2005 down




"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
news:tqahr0d7bapu4aq2d897tldqhbjq1i7o4d@4ax.com...
> In microsoft.public.money, Terry Carter wrote:
>
>>I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
>>seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
>>when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
>>message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to get
>>Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>>
>>I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2 and
>>get the same issue on both.
>>
>>I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004 this
>>has not been an issue
>>
>>Any suggestions to resolve this please.
>>
>
> Do you want to use background banking automatic updates? If not, I
> would remove automatic account updates via
> Banking->AccountTools->ManageOnlineServices by clicking next to each
> account that you have automatic updates set for.
>
>
> http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/money05_content.its51/$content$/...
> describes how to initiate automatic updates.
>
> Let us know if that affects the problem.
>

via_newsgroup
Thu Dec 09 14:26:27 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, Terry Carter wrote:

>
>I do not have any banking automatic updates running - are there any other
>settings I should look at?
>
>It seems theres something still running in the background however XP's task
>manager does not show any tasks runnning once I "close" Money 2005 down


Just to check, here is what I would do:

Reboot.

Start the Windows Task Manager. Go to the Processes tab and sort by
Image Name. Capture that screen with Alt+PrintScreen.

Open Paint. Paste the image of the Windows Task Manager.

Open Money. Do some updates. Close Money.

Place the actual Windows Task Manager window next to the image in
Paint. Do the Image Names match, except for mspaint.exe in the
current window?

Bob
Thu Dec 09 15:24:15 CST 2004

I have noted that if I close M2005 and say "bother" and try and reload M2005
I get this error. It seems there is some online process - updating
currencies(?) - that needs to complete.

Are you by any chance using dial up to connect to the Internet? If so
perhaps you are dropping the line before Money completes it's on-line tasks.

Like you I only go online for share price updates (and unwillingly) for
currency updates.

Perhaps leaving things alone for a bit longer before restarting Money might
help.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.
For wishes or suggestions see
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
or for UK wishes http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback

I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.


"Terry Carter" <terryicarter@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:41b88b8e$0$31710$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
> Cal
>
> I do not have any banking automatic updates running - are there any other
> settings I should look at?
>
> It seems theres something still running in the background however XP's
> task manager does not show any tasks runnning once I "close" Money 2005
> down
>
>
>
>
> "Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
> news:tqahr0d7bapu4aq2d897tldqhbjq1i7o4d@4ax.com...
>> In microsoft.public.money, Terry Carter wrote:
>>
>>>I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
>>>seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
>>>when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
>>>message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to
>>>get
>>>Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>>>
>>>I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2
>>>and
>>>get the same issue on both.
>>>
>>>I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004
>>>this
>>>has not been an issue
>>>
>>>Any suggestions to resolve this please.
>>>
>>
>> Do you want to use background banking automatic updates? If not, I
>> would remove automatic account updates via
>> Banking->AccountTools->ManageOnlineServices by clicking next to each
>> account that you have automatic updates set for.
>>
>>
>> http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/money05_content.its51/$content$/...
>> describes how to initiate automatic updates.
>>
>> Let us know if that affects the problem.
>>
>
>

Kent
Thu Dec 09 18:14:41 CST 2004

Try going to get a cup of coffee. Money 2005 sometimes appears closed when
it is not. I have noticed on my machine it might take 1-2 minutes after is
looks closed to really close. You can check for the "fdr" temp file being
gone.


"Terry Carter" <terryicarter@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:41b88b8e$0$31710$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
Cal

I do not have any banking automatic updates running - are there any other
settings I should look at?

It seems theres something still running in the background however XP's task
manager does not show any tasks runnning once I "close" Money 2005 down




"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
news:tqahr0d7bapu4aq2d897tldqhbjq1i7o4d@4ax.com...
> In microsoft.public.money, Terry Carter wrote:
>
>>I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
>>seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
>>when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
>>message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to get
>>Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>>
>>I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2 and
>>get the same issue on both.
>>
>>I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004 this
>>has not been an issue
>>
>>Any suggestions to resolve this please.
>>
>
> Do you want to use background banking automatic updates? If not, I
> would remove automatic account updates via
> Banking->AccountTools->ManageOnlineServices by clicking next to each
> account that you have automatic updates set for.
>
>
> http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/money05_content.its51/$content$/...
> describes how to initiate automatic updates.
>
> Let us know if that affects the problem.
>

Art
Thu Dec 09 21:21:24 CST 2004

I have waited over night and found that Money is still running the next
day when I try to restart it. This occurs much less frequently with the
.1105 version, but it still will occur. I have reported it to Microsoft
help but they have not come up with a fix. I have finally downloaded a
task terminator program that I has a dox command line and I have a
shortcut on my desktop that will delete money when it occurs.

It appears to be related to accounts that use passport sign on, and
store the account on line at moneycentral. If the number of accounts
gets large and money central is slow, the result appears a time out that
hangs money.

Art

Kent Riesen wrote:
> Try going to get a cup of coffee. Money 2005 sometimes appears closed when
> it is not. I have noticed on my machine it might take 1-2 minutes after is
> looks closed to really close. You can check for the "fdr" temp file being
> gone.
>
>
> "Terry Carter" <terryicarter@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:41b88b8e$0$31710$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
> Cal
>
> I do not have any banking automatic updates running - are there any other
> settings I should look at?
>
> It seems theres something still running in the background however XP's task
> manager does not show any tasks runnning once I "close" Money 2005 down
>
>
>
>
> "Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
> news:tqahr0d7bapu4aq2d897tldqhbjq1i7o4d@4ax.com...
>
>>In microsoft.public.money, Terry Carter wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
>>>seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
>>>when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
>>>message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to get
>>>Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>>>
>>>I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2 and
>>>get the same issue on both.
>>>
>>>I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004 this
>>>has not been an issue
>>>
>>>Any suggestions to resolve this please.
>>>
>>
>>Do you want to use background banking automatic updates? If not, I
>>would remove automatic account updates via
>>Banking->AccountTools->ManageOnlineServices by clicking next to each
>>account that you have automatic updates set for.
>>
>>
>>http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/money05_content.its51/$content$/...
>>describes how to initiate automatic updates.
>>
>>Let us know if that affects the problem.
>>
>
>
>
>

Pieter
Fri Dec 10 21:12:23 CST 2004

I have the same problem, running Money 2005 Premium on XP Pro SP2.
I have this problem about once a week.
I get home, unlock session (I hardly ever log out or shut down), click the
Money icon and get a "already running error".
This sucks...
Open task manager, terminate msmoney.exe process, who knows what gets
corrupted when terminating my financial record keeping application...
Now I can start Money.

M$, please fix.

Regard
Pieter

"Terry Carter" <terryicarter@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:41b88573$0$3596$61c65585@un-2park-reader-02.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
>I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
>seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
>when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
>message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to get
>Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>
> I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2 and
> get the same issue on both.
>
> I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004 this
> has not been an issue
>
> Any suggestions to resolve this please.
>

Terry
Fri Dec 10 22:44:26 CST 2004

Sounds like exactly my scenario - you can manually terminate msmoney.exe
from task manager - but thats not that elegant :-)

Not sure it lingers around after closing the file (and I mean for hours as
opposed to seconds)

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone - good to see an active community
out there.

I've been using Money since 1996 and have a 30mb file (which I dont seem to
have any problems with it size) - its great for analysing spending trends
with such a long history!

Terry
Fri Dec 10 22:50:27 CST 2004

Art

I am using passport but not using the sotre records online at MSN Money
option.

You are right the money.exe file stays around and can be terminated via task
manager.

I am on the . 1105 release of version 14 of Money 2005

Terry
Fri Dec 10 22:52:34 CST 2004

Bob

I'm on ADSL so no dialup...and it can still occur after 30 minutes waiting

I never had any issues with Money 2004 - and I am getting the same issues on
2 different PC's (both running XP Home with SP2)

I see others reporting the issue - hopefully MS release an update that
solves the issue/

Terry
Fri Dec 10 22:54:16 CST 2004

Cal

money.exe is definitely still runinng - but with no visible sign of what
its doing - even 30 minutes after trying to close it down......

I've logged a call with Microsoft support - I'll post an answer if I get one

via_newsgroup
Fri Dec 10 23:32:24 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, Terry Carter wrote:

>
>I am using passport but not using the sotre records online at MSN Money
>option.

I suspect you will find the records are there.

See
URL=http://moneycentral.msn.com/scripts/webquote.dll?iPage=pmx



>
>You are right the money.exe file stays around and can be terminated via task
>manager.
>
>I am on the . 1105 release of version 14 of Money 2005
>

Bob
Sat Dec 11 02:03:03 CST 2004

Very odd. Please post back if you get a solution!

Personally I hate the fact that every time I open Money it goes on-line to
get share prices. My share holding is a long term investment so a weekly
update is fine for my purposes an I want to choose when to do it. Also I
don't want my Money file bloated by unnecessary price updates - ditto
currency updates.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.
For wishes or suggestions see
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
or for UK wishes http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback

I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.


"Terry Carter" <terryicarter@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:41ba5ab8$0$31701$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
> Bob
>
> I'm on ADSL so no dialup...and it can still occur after 30 minutes waiting
>
> I never had any issues with Money 2004 - and I am getting the same issues
> on 2 different PC's (both running XP Home with SP2)
>
> I see others reporting the issue - hopefully MS release an update that
> solves the issue/
>

Brent
Sat Dec 11 05:01:04 CST 2004

What I used to do when Money 2004 updates wouldn't complete was
temporarily disable the Internet connection by right-clicking on the
connection and selecting Disable. Money detected the loss of the
connection and terminated the updates.

If Money 2005 is not closing because it's stuck in an update, that might
solve the problem. At the very least, it's worth some experimentation.

Control Panel > Network Connections > [your Internet connection] >
Enable to re-enable the Internet connection.

After monitoring this discussion for the past 2 days, I thought I'd
weigh in with my two cents worth.

--
Brent


"Terry Carter" <terryicarter@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:41b88573$0$3596$61c65585@un-2park-reader-02.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
>I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
>seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok.
>But when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with
>the message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way
>to get Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>
> I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2
> and get the same issue on both.
>
> I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004
> this has not been an issue
>
> Any suggestions to resolve this please.

zender
Sun Dec 12 09:42:49 CST 2004

I've been having the identical problem since upgrading to Money 2005 Premium
from Money 2004 Deluxe. In my case, it happens all the time. I close
Money, it backs up my Money file and appears to close. During the same
session I then attempt to reopen Money and it's already running (active in
Task Manager as a Process, not an Application). I close it via Task Manager
and can then restart Money.

I'm running Money version 14.0.125.1105 on Windows XP with SP 2 over a 56k
dial-up connection. I've been using Money since Money '97 and my Money file
is 63mb in size with transactions dating back to mid-1997.

I reported it to tech support early on (at least a couple of months ago) and
they offered no resolution.

-zender

"Terry Carter" <terryicarter@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:41ba58d1$0$31704$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
> Sounds like exactly my scenario - you can manually terminate msmoney.exe
> from task manager - but thats not that elegant :-)
>
> Not sure it lingers around after closing the file (and I mean for hours as
> opposed to seconds)
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions everyone - good to see an active community
> out there.
>
> I've been using Money since 1996 and have a 30mb file (which I dont seem
> to have any problems with it size) - its great for analysing spending
> trends with such a long history!
>

Brent
Sun Dec 12 10:12:42 CST 2004

While monitoring Windows Task Manager, try terminating your dial-up
Internet connection and observe if msmoney.exe continues to run or
closes.

--
Brent

zender
Sun Dec 12 16:54:34 CST 2004

Money continues to run even when the dial-up is terminated. It also
continues to run even when I'm not connected. There's been discussion here
that this might be related to incomplete product updates. In my case,
product updates don't have to be ongoing. I can even be logged-in in
off-line mode and Money won't terminate upon closing.

"Brent" <unknown> wrote in message
news:uG2dwVG4EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> While monitoring Windows Task Manager, try terminating your dial-up
> Internet connection and observe if msmoney.exe continues to run or closes.
>
> --
> Brent
>
>
>

mawsaw
Thu Mar 24 18:31:05 CST 2005

I just started having this problem with 2005 Money Deluxe on XP Home SP2. Has
anybody heard anything new?

"Terry Carter" wrote:

> Sounds like exactly my scenario - you can manually terminate msmoney.exe
> from task manager - but thats not that elegant :-)
>
> Not sure it lingers around after closing the file (and I mean for hours as
> opposed to seconds)
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions everyone - good to see an active community
> out there.
>
> I've been using Money since 1996 and have a 30mb file (which I dont seem to
> have any problems with it size) - its great for analysing spending trends
> with such a long history!
>
>
>

Keefer
Fri Mar 25 22:48:38 CST 2005

I had this problem shortly after installing. My problem was a corrupt Money
file. You might want to try file repair.

"mawsaw" <mawsaw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2E9D3C16-3B27-4649-9DBB-62F93B6FE01F@microsoft.com...
>I just started having this problem with 2005 Money Deluxe on XP Home SP2.
>Has
> anybody heard anything new?
>
> "Terry Carter" wrote:
>
>> Sounds like exactly my scenario - you can manually terminate msmoney.exe
>> from task manager - but thats not that elegant :-)
>>
>> Not sure it lingers around after closing the file (and I mean for hours
>> as
>> opposed to seconds)
>>
>> Thanks for all the suggestions everyone - good to see an active community
>> out there.
>>
>> I've been using Money since 1996 and have a 30mb file (which I dont seem
>> to
>> have any problems with it size) - its great for analysing spending trends
>> with such a long history!
>>
>>
>>

Richard
Sat Jun 25 20:59:02 CDT 2005

What worked for me was turning off the backup feature in Money 2005. Then
when I looked on the processes tab in task manager msmoney.exe was not listed
any longer. I hope this helps some folks.

"Terry Carter" wrote:

> I have Works Suite 2005 and run Money 2005 s part of it. I launch money
> seperately and not from withinn Works Suite 2005 and it launches ok. But
> when I close Money 2005 and then try to restart it it comes up with the
> message "Money is already running" and won't start up. The only way to get
> Money to restart is to reboot the PC.
>
> I have tried this on two different PC's (both run Win XP home with SP2 and
> get the same issue on both.
>
> I have been using Money for years and in Works Suite's 2003 and 2004 this
> has not been an issue
>
> Any suggestions to resolve this please.
>
>
>