Money 2004 Quit Working After Upgrading Media Player & Adobe Acrob

after upgrading Media Player & Adobe Acrobat--I can't imagine how either
program would affect Money, but that is the only thing I've done diffferent.
When I try to open Microsoft Money it says gives a message saying that file
has changed and cashflow report will be inaccurate, then when I try to save
or even just close the program, I get an "internal error" --I also get this
internal error when I try to shut down the program from Windows Task Manager.
Then when I try to reopen that file, I'll get "file corrupt" and if I try to
repair it the whole program locks up.

When I open up back-up files of my accounts, they file will work for about 5
minutes or so, then I get the "file has changed" message (even if I've done
nothing but open up the account) and then the "internal error".

Uninstalling, then reinstalling Money 2004 didn't help--same problem occurs.

Anyone have any ideas about this?

Cal
Sat Dec 23 12:11:15 CST 2006

In microsoft.public.money, MSRX92 wrote:

>
>When I open up back-up files of my accounts, they file will work for about 5
>minutes or so, then I get the "file has changed" message (even if I've done
>nothing but open up the account) and then the "internal error".
>
>Uninstalling, then reinstalling Money 2004 didn't help--same problem occurs.
>
>Anyone have any ideas about this?

Consider restoring a backup from before the problem occurred.

MSRX92
Sat Dec 23 12:20:00 CST 2006

<< Consider restoring a backup from before the problem occurred.>>

I have done that--the file will work for about 5 minutes, and then then same
sequence of problems occur (file has been changed, etc.).

Cal
Sat Dec 23 12:26:00 CST 2006

In microsoft.public.money, MSRX92 wrote:

><< Consider restoring a backup from before the problem occurred.>>
>
>I have done that--the file will work for about 5 minutes, and then then same
>sequence of problems occur (file has been changed, etc.).

You could open sample.mny and see if the problem occurs with that
file. That will help distinguish if the problem is with your Money
data files or something else.

If you saved your latest backup file after the problem occurred, you
might consider restoring an earlier backup. Perhaps your backup that
you made to removable media is older. Instead of restoring to the
default filename, you can restore to a new name that you specify.
Then you could have both versions available.

MSRX92
Sat Dec 23 15:53:01 CST 2006

<<If you saved your latest backup file after the problem occurred, you
might consider restoring an earlier backup. Perhaps your backup that
you made to removable media is older. Instead of restoring to the
default filename, you can restore to a new name that you specify.
Then you could have both versions available.>>

I've tried several older back-ups (even my original one, figuring if at
least I didn't have to type in all my accounts again, that would be
something), they all got the error message.

Fortunately, I seem to have figured something out. Since the files would
work for a few minutes, I figured something had to be updating that was then
corrupting the file. Even though I've never used the on-line banking, I tried
manually updating right after opening up a file, and sure enough, as soon as
I did that, I got the error message. However, even though the original error
message was the same, I didn't get the internal error messages. When I shut
down the file, I got an error message that "operation could not be
performed", but the program shut down correctly anyway and saved my changes.
I've tried opening and closing the program since then several times, and so
far it has been working correctly and saving correctly, even though I get the
error message "operation could not be performed" each time I shut down the
program.

So...I can live with getting a bogus error message. I'm not sure why this
problem would have started occuring, I've used Money 2004 for 3 years on this
computer without a problem. Something downloading from the on-line banking
update seems to be causing the corruption--I don't use the on-line banking,
but if I understand correctly, there is no way to totally turn off the
auto-update feature.

Cal
Sat Dec 23 17:53:35 CST 2006

In microsoft.public.money, MSRX92 wrote:

>I've tried opening and closing the program since then several times, and so
>far it has been working correctly and saving correctly, even though I get the
>error message "operation could not be performed" each time I shut down the
>program.

I would try File->RepairMoneyFile->StandardFileRepair level 2 on
your file.

Marilyn
Sat Dec 23 22:41:05 CST 2006


"MSRX92" <MSRX92@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B6B02B93-0559-4C71-A93C-070E1A9AC06B@microsoft.com...
> <<If you saved your latest backup file after the problem occurred, you
> might consider restoring an earlier backup. Perhaps your backup that
> you made to removable media is older. Instead of restoring to the
> default filename, you can restore to a new name that you specify.
> Then you could have both versions available.>>
>
> I've tried several older back-ups (even my original one, figuring if at
> least I didn't have to type in all my accounts again, that would be
> something), they all got the error message.
>
> Fortunately, I seem to have figured something out. Since the files would
> work for a few minutes, I figured something had to be updating that was
> then
> corrupting the file. Even though I've never used the on-line banking, I
> tried
> manually updating right after opening up a file, and sure enough, as soon
> as
> I did that, I got the error message. However, even though the original
> error
> message was the same, I didn't get the internal error messages. When I
> shut
> down the file, I got an error message that "operation could not be
> performed", but the program shut down correctly anyway and saved my
> changes.
> I've tried opening and closing the program since then several times, and
> so
> far it has been working correctly and saving correctly, even though I get
> the
> error message "operation could not be performed" each time I shut down the
> program.
>
> So...I can live with getting a bogus error message. I'm not sure why this
> problem would have started occuring, I've used Money 2004 for 3 years on
> this
> computer without a problem. Something downloading from the on-line banking
> update seems to be causing the corruption--I don't use the on-line
> banking,
> but if I understand correctly, there is no way to totally turn off the
> auto-update feature.

To turn off auto update, go to Tools > Settings > Investment Settings >
Portfolio Manager Button and uncheck the box to Update Quotes every N
minutes. At least that how it works in M2006. I don't remember if it was
different in M2004, but there was definitely a similar way to do it in that
version.
--
Peace,
BobJ

Tom
Fri Dec 29 11:51:41 CST 2006

I wonder if this isn't a programmed "failure" as my copy of Money 2004
suddenly quit last week after I received a message to the effect that
(paraphrased since the original isn't available) my 2 year subscription had
expired and had to be renewed. Since I only use the program to access my
bank/checking accounts for activity and couldn't care less about the other
so-called "benefits" I didn't renew and haven't been able to access my
accounts since.

Are we dealing with software with a 2 year programmed lifetime?

By the way I'm running under WinXP SP2 and am exceedingly suspicious that
this is merely another MS ploy to generate more income by forcing the usage
of "updated" programs which merely contain unneeded/undesirable functions.


"MSRX92" <MSRX92@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B6B02B93-0559-4C71-A93C-070E1A9AC06B@microsoft.com...
> <<If you saved your latest backup file after the problem occurred, you
> might consider restoring an earlier backup. Perhaps your backup that
> you made to removable media is older. Instead of restoring to the
> default filename, you can restore to a new name that you specify.
> Then you could have both versions available.>>
>
> I've tried several older back-ups (even my original one, figuring if at
> least I didn't have to type in all my accounts again, that would be
> something), they all got the error message.
>
> Fortunately, I seem to have figured something out. Since the files would
> work for a few minutes, I figured something had to be updating that was
> then
> corrupting the file. Even though I've never used the on-line banking, I
> tried
> manually updating right after opening up a file, and sure enough, as soon
> as
> I did that, I got the error message. However, even though the original
> error
> message was the same, I didn't get the internal error messages. When I
> shut
> down the file, I got an error message that "operation could not be
> performed", but the program shut down correctly anyway and saved my
> changes.
> I've tried opening and closing the program since then several times, and
> so
> far it has been working correctly and saving correctly, even though I get
> the
> error message "operation could not be performed" each time I shut down the
> program.
>
> So...I can live with getting a bogus error message. I'm not sure why this
> problem would have started occuring, I've used Money 2004 for 3 years on
> this
> computer without a problem. Something downloading from the on-line banking
> update seems to be causing the corruption--I don't use the on-line
> banking,
> but if I understand correctly, there is no way to totally turn off the
> auto-update feature.