MS Money Plus 2008 trial time is over - want to convert back.

I have been using MS money 2007 since it came out. I usually upgrade
every year. So I downloaded the trial of 2008 (plus) and installed
it. I've been using it for about a month and have determined that for
me the cost of upgrading is not worth the additional features. I
would like to continue to use MS Money 2007. However, when I try to
open my data file that I've been using with 2008, 2007 won't open it.
I have a month's worth of new transactions in the 2008 file and it
would be a real pain to reenter them.
Does anyone have a suggestion of how I can continue to use the 2007
software with the file that's been used by 2008?

Thanks.

Steve
Tue Jan 15 09:17:33 CST 2008

jonathan@hyland.net wrote on 15 Jan 2008 in group microsoft.public.money:

> I have been using MS money 2007 since it came out. I usually upgrade
> every year. So I downloaded the trial of 2008 (plus) and installed
> it. I've been using it for about a month and have determined that for
> me the cost of upgrading is not worth the additional features. I
> would like to continue to use MS Money 2007. However, when I try to
> open my data file that I've been using with 2008, 2007 won't open it.
> I have a month's worth of new transactions in the 2008 file and it
> would be a real pain to reenter them.
> Does anyone have a suggestion of how I can continue to use the 2007
> software with the file that's been used by 2008?

When you opened your data file in Money 2008, it converted the file to the
new format. Money 2007 can't read it. Older versions of Money have never
been able to read files from newer versions.

You'll have to open your old file that's in Money 2007 format and re-enter
all the transactions.

--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

jonathan
Tue Jan 15 09:27:27 CST 2008

On Jan 15, 10:17=A0am, Steve <resp...@online.newsgroup> wrote:
> jonat...@hyland.net wrote on 15 Jan 2008 in group microsoft.public.money:
>
> > I have been using MS money 2007 since it came out. =A0I usually upgrade
> > every year. =A0So I downloaded the trial of 2008 (plus) and installed
> > it. =A0I've been using it for about a month and have determined that for=

> > me the cost of upgrading is not worth the additional features. =A0I
> > would like to continue to use MS Money 2007. =A0However, when I try to
> > open my data file that I've been using with 2008, 2007 won't open it.
> > I have a month's worth of new transactions in the 2008 file and it
> > would be a real pain to reenter them.
> > Does anyone have a suggestion of how I can continue to use the 2007
> > software with the file that's been used by 2008?
>
> When you opened your data file in Money 2008, it converted the file to the=

> new format. Money 2007 can't read it. Older versions of Money have never
> been able to read files from newer versions.
>
> You'll have to open your old file that's in Money 2007 format and re-enter=

> all the transactions.
>
> --
> Steve B.
> New Life Home Improvement

So I have the choice of spending money on 2008 which I don't feel is
worth it, or reentering a bunch of transactions into an old backup.
Seems like Microsoft could do a better job of explaining this up
front. This seems to be a sales tactic to force people to upgrade if
they use the trial for more than a few days.

Chris
Tue Jan 15 10:21:48 CST 2008

<jonathan@hyland.net> wrote in message
news:3ac1bb56-d99c-499e-a8a8-f43ba2bf49b9@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> So I have the choice of spending money on 2008 which I don't feel is
> worth it, or reentering a bunch of transactions into an old backup.
> Seems like Microsoft could do a better job of explaining this up
> front. This seems to be a sales tactic to force people to upgrade
> if
> they use the trial for more than a few days.

Do you know of any program that will open proprietary files of a newer
version that didn't exist when the program was written?

Do you use online updates? If so, your data recovery may be less
painful than you think. Even if you don't use it routinely, your
financial institutions probably have some means to download
transactions from their web page. That could save some effort.
Uninstall M08, reinstall M07, reopen your old file, and import those
downloaded files. I'm sure there will be some manual effort involved,
but it shouldn't be horrible.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

Dick
Tue Jan 15 20:08:27 CST 2008

There is a screen that explains this as part of the file upgrade process.
The upgrade process does not continue until you agree. This has also been a
fact of life, good or bad, with every version of Money since v. 1.

<jonathan@hyland.net> wrote in message
news:3ac1bb56-d99c-499e-a8a8-f43ba2bf49b9@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
Seems like Microsoft could do a better job of explaining this up
front.

fred
Wed Jan 16 19:51:41 CST 2008

Dick Watson wrote:
> There is a screen that explains this as part of the file upgrade process.
> The upgrade process does not continue until you agree. This has also been a
> fact of life, good or bad, with every version of Money since v. 1.
>
> <jonathan@hyland.net> wrote in message
> news:3ac1bb56-d99c-499e-a8a8-f43ba2bf49b9@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Seems like Microsoft could do a better job of explaining this up
> front.
>
>
I have been lurking here to evaluate whether I should switch from
Quicken to Money. It sounds like Money has even more headaches then
Quicken.

Will stick with Quicken, but not upgrade.

Fred

Dick
Wed Jan 16 20:01:34 CST 2008

Will Quicken(older) open a Quicken(newer) format file?

I'm not disagreeing or agreeing about the relative number of headaches in
either program just wondering why this issue would tip you over the line.

"fred kres" <fredkr@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:478e6e64$0$9082$607ed4bc@cv.net...
> I have been lurking here to evaluate whether I should switch from Quicken
> to Money. It sounds like Money has even more headaches then Quicken.
>
> Will stick with Quicken, but not upgrade.

FyodorGolos
Sat Feb 02 11:03:00 CST 2008

"Chris Cowles" wrote:
> Do you know of any program that will open proprietary files of a newer
> version that didn't exist when the program was written?

Of course not! But I know of plenty of programs that do not change file
formats with every version, just to force upgrades onto their users. Horrible
marketing strategy!

Cal
Sat Feb 02 11:34:53 CST 2008

In microsoft.public.money, jonathan@hyland.net wrote:

>
>So I have the choice of spending money on 2008 which I don't feel is
>worth it, or reentering a bunch of transactions into an old backup.
>Seems like Microsoft could do a better job of explaining this up
>front. This seems to be a sales tactic to force people to upgrade if
>they use the trial for more than a few days.

If you were to convert a file again as a test, I expect you would
find the description to be explicit.

Anyway, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178465 is another
alternative you won't like either.