MS Money 2006 from old computer to new with Vista

I currently have MS Money 2006 on an old computer. I have purchased a new PC
with Vista. I have also purchased new MS Money 2007 on CD.

What is the best way for me to proceed in loading MS Money 2007 onto the PC
with Vista, and to get my old Money files. Do I load Money 2207 software and
then transfer .mny file, or should I trnasfer .mny file and then load Money
2007?

Dick
Wed Jun 20 14:39:21 CDT 2007

The order probably doesn't matter. Since it's a new machine and a new Money
install, it will have no knowledge of "most recently used" files. Note that
some of your settings will also not transfer in the file. One particular one
I'm aware of is check printing alignment. Once the file is on the new
machine--somewhere in My Documents is highly recommended--and Money is
installed, double click on the Money file and Money should take over from
there.

"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:042D1958-800B-4CCD-AB0E-211A90B9CD44@microsoft.com...
>I currently have MS Money 2006 on an old computer. I have purchased a new
>PC
> with Vista. I have also purchased new MS Money 2007 on CD.
>
> What is the best way for me to proceed in loading MS Money 2007 onto the
> PC
> with Vista, and to get my old Money files. Do I load Money 2207 software
> and
> then transfer .mny file, or should I trnasfer .mny file and then load
> Money
> 2007?

Jim
Thu Jun 21 14:45:01 CDT 2007



"Dick Watson" wrote:

> The order probably doesn't matter. Since it's a new machine and a new Money
> install, it will have no knowledge of "most recently used" files. Note that
> some of your settings will also not transfer in the file. One particular one
> I'm aware of is check printing alignment. Once the file is on the new
> machine--somewhere in My Documents is highly recommended--and Money is
> installed, double click on the Money file and Money should take over from
> there.
>
> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:042D1958-800B-4CCD-AB0E-211A90B9CD44@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have MS Money 2006 on an old computer. I have purchased a new
> >PC
> > with Vista. I have also purchased new MS Money 2007 on CD.
> >
> > What is the best way for me to proceed in loading MS Money 2007 onto the
> > PC
> > with Vista, and to get my old Money files. Do I load Money 2207 software
> > and
> > then transfer .mny file, or should I trnasfer .mny file and then load
> > Money
> > 2007?
>

I loaded the software, then transferred the .mny file. Money did not find
the .mny file, despite opening and closing the program, as well as rebooting.
I did notice that when opening Money, it asked for my Windows Live ID sign in.

I used Money to open the old 2006 file, and I found that the log in is not
the same as the original 2007 lo gin (requesting Windows Live ID). I assume
that the 2006 .mny file is not being opened with the full functionality that
2007 offers?

Do I remove and then reload 2007?

Dick
Thu Jun 21 16:19:21 CDT 2007

I don't know what you mean by "Money did not find the file" assuming you did
what I suggested (none of which had anything to do with opening and closing
the program or rebooting) and just double-clicked on the file and let the OS
tell Money about it rather than any other scenario besides opening Money.
skipping the new user setup genie stuff and doing a File|Open and browsing
to find the file.

Now, as to WinLive IDs, etc., I know of no reason, from the data supplied to
date in the thread, that IDs would be different, etc. There are some issues
with Vista and making sure SSL2 is enabled in IE that **might** be related.
Was the original file protected on the M06 file by a WinLive ID? Why do you
say that was a different WinLive ID from the one now protecting the file?
(I.e., what are you seeing that makes you say that? What have you tried?)

An M06 Deluxe file for Money US should open in M07 Deluxe with no less
functionality except for the minor feature breakages than M07 generically
did to M06. It sounds like you are not getting anywhere near that far.

Please try:

1) opening the Money06 data file by double-clicking on it from
File|Explorer. What happens?

2) If that doesn't work, try starting Money and when it gets to the new user
setup screen, try going to File|New and opening the sample file installed
with the program out in ...\Program Files\Microsoft Money. What happens?

Do you still have a running M06 installation/data file?

"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:961E677A-F8A3-4C75-9B99-780052366D12@microsoft.com...
> I loaded the software, then transferred the .mny file. Money did not find
> the .mny file, despite opening and closing the program, as well as
> rebooting.
> I did notice that when opening Money, it asked for my Windows Live ID sign
> in.
>
> I used Money to open the old 2006 file, and I found that the log in is not
> the same as the original 2007 lo gin (requesting Windows Live ID). I
> assume
> that the 2006 .mny file is not being opened with the full functionality
> that
> 2007 offers?
>
> Do I remove and then reload 2007?

Benji
Sun Jun 24 12:45:00 CDT 2007

I have done all of this and MS Money still is looking for a password. See my
post 06/24/2007. Any other ideas?

Thanks

Benji

"Dick Watson" wrote:

> I don't know what you mean by "Money did not find the file" assuming you did
> what I suggested (none of which had anything to do with opening and closing
> the program or rebooting) and just double-clicked on the file and let the OS
> tell Money about it rather than any other scenario besides opening Money.
> skipping the new user setup genie stuff and doing a File|Open and browsing
> to find the file.
>
> Now, as to WinLive IDs, etc., I know of no reason, from the data supplied to
> date in the thread, that IDs would be different, etc. There are some issues
> with Vista and making sure SSL2 is enabled in IE that **might** be related.
> Was the original file protected on the M06 file by a WinLive ID? Why do you
> say that was a different WinLive ID from the one now protecting the file?
> (I.e., what are you seeing that makes you say that? What have you tried?)
>
> An M06 Deluxe file for Money US should open in M07 Deluxe with no less
> functionality except for the minor feature breakages than M07 generically
> did to M06. It sounds like you are not getting anywhere near that far.
>
> Please try:
>
> 1) opening the Money06 data file by double-clicking on it from
> File|Explorer. What happens?
>
> 2) If that doesn't work, try starting Money and when it gets to the new user
> setup screen, try going to File|New and opening the sample file installed
> with the program out in ...\Program Files\Microsoft Money. What happens?
>
> Do you still have a running M06 installation/data file?
>
> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:961E677A-F8A3-4C75-9B99-780052366D12@microsoft.com...
> > I loaded the software, then transferred the .mny file. Money did not find
> > the .mny file, despite opening and closing the program, as well as
> > rebooting.
> > I did notice that when opening Money, it asked for my Windows Live ID sign
> > in.
> >
> > I used Money to open the old 2006 file, and I found that the log in is not
> > the same as the original 2007 lo gin (requesting Windows Live ID). I
> > assume
> > that the 2006 .mny file is not being opened with the full functionality
> > that
> > 2007 offers?
> >
> > Do I remove and then reload 2007?
>
>
>

Dick
Sun Jun 24 13:07:56 CDT 2007

If you are trying to make an M06 file--the original topic of the
thread--work with M2000--what you mention in your thread--it just won't
work. We say this here in the newsgroup ten times a week it seems. Money
data files are not compatible with older versions of the app. Not now, not
then, probably not ever.

"Benji" <Benji@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2C3B8894-3506-4F11-AFE5-1532D50565B8@microsoft.com...
> I have done all of this and MS Money still is looking for a password. See
> my
> post 06/24/2007. Any other ideas?