Money keeps disappearing from my computer

As crazy as this sounds, on Saturday I woke up and went my computer and
Money 2005 was gone completely from my computer. No desktop Icon, nothing
in the start menu. I went to Program Files, I have directories on my
commuter for "Microsoft Money" (2002) "Microsoft Money 2004", "Microsoft
Money 2005", and "Microsoft Money 2006". 2006????? I don't even know
where that came from. Anyway, there is hardly anything in these
directories, except the 2002 version. The others are either totally empty
or nearly empty. There was nothing in the recycle bin either.

So first, I panic and accuse my wife of deleting it. Then I did a system
restore to 3 days ago, and thankful, it returned. I'm happy, thinking all
is good.

Now today, I come home from work, and it's completely gone again. Not a
trace, unless I'm looking in the wrong directory. My 2005 folder has six
files in it, and none are an EXE file. Two LOG, two BAK, one TXT, and one
Sample.MNY.

I'm totally baffled.

This however has coincided with MSN "money" doing an upgrade of their
on-line service, which requires a download of their new online software. I
use MSN "Money" extensively, and it is ... I mean was ... linked to my Money
2005 software, particularly for tracking stock portfolios. Each time it's
vanished has followed a download of this new MSN software (I had to
redownload the software after my "system restore" on Saturday.

Anyone else having problems? Any know issues here?

Another bit of info you might find helpful is that I upgraded from 2002 to
2005 through the online download offered by Microsoft, so I do not own the
disk.

Thanks.

AllenChen
Tue May 24 20:19:15 CDT 2005

You may show protected system folders (in Folder Options btw), and check the
Money 2005 folder again. Check if you can locate a core folder and the
msmoney.exe file. Or, click Start, click Run, type the following command to
check if you can start MOney 2005 if you did not change the defualt
installation folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money 2005\MNYCoreFiles\msmoney.exe

Money 2006 folder appears because you installed the latest MSN Money
Investment Toolbox

"Greg S" wrote:

> As crazy as this sounds, on Saturday I woke up and went my computer and
> Money 2005 was gone completely from my computer. No desktop Icon, nothing
> in the start menu. I went to Program Files, I have directories on my
> commuter for "Microsoft Money" (2002) "Microsoft Money 2004", "Microsoft
> Money 2005", and "Microsoft Money 2006". 2006????? I don't even know
> where that came from. Anyway, there is hardly anything in these
> directories, except the 2002 version. The others are either totally empty
> or nearly empty. There was nothing in the recycle bin either.
>
> So first, I panic and accuse my wife of deleting it. Then I did a system
> restore to 3 days ago, and thankful, it returned. I'm happy, thinking all
> is good.
>
> Now today, I come home from work, and it's completely gone again. Not a
> trace, unless I'm looking in the wrong directory. My 2005 folder has six
> files in it, and none are an EXE file. Two LOG, two BAK, one TXT, and one
> Sample.MNY.
>
> I'm totally baffled.
>
> This however has coincided with MSN "money" doing an upgrade of their
> on-line service, which requires a download of their new online software. I
> use MSN "Money" extensively, and it is ... I mean was ... linked to my Money
> 2005 software, particularly for tracking stock portfolios. Each time it's
> vanished has followed a download of this new MSN software (I had to
> redownload the software after my "system restore" on Saturday.
>
> Anyone else having problems? Any know issues here?
>
> Another bit of info you might find helpful is that I upgraded from 2002 to
> 2005 through the online download offered by Microsoft, so I do not own the
> disk.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Greg
Tue May 24 20:33:13 CDT 2005

Thanks for the response. I already did a system restore and got it back. I
did notice that in the 2005 directory, a shortcut Icon reappeared in the
2005 directory. I also noticed that the shortcut is linked to "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Money 2005\MNYCoreFiles\msmoney.exe", a folder that as you
said, I can not even see exists. If I have further problems, I'll try to
recreate the shortcut on my desktop using the this path.

Thanks.



"Allen Chen" <AllenChen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E955CEA9-CF83-473B-8DA6-86226090FD75@microsoft.com...
> You may show protected system folders (in Folder Options btw), and check
> the
> Money 2005 folder again. Check if you can locate a core folder and the
> msmoney.exe file. Or, click Start, click Run, type the following command
> to
> check if you can start MOney 2005 if you did not change the defualt
> installation folder:
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money 2005\MNYCoreFiles\msmoney.exe
>
> Money 2006 folder appears because you installed the latest MSN Money
> Investment Toolbox
>
> "Greg S" wrote:
>
>> As crazy as this sounds, on Saturday I woke up and went my computer and
>> Money 2005 was gone completely from my computer. No desktop Icon,
>> nothing
>> in the start menu. I went to Program Files, I have directories on my
>> commuter for "Microsoft Money" (2002) "Microsoft Money 2004", "Microsoft
>> Money 2005", and "Microsoft Money 2006". 2006????? I don't even know
>> where that came from. Anyway, there is hardly anything in these
>> directories, except the 2002 version. The others are either totally
>> empty
>> or nearly empty. There was nothing in the recycle bin either.
>>
>> So first, I panic and accuse my wife of deleting it. Then I did a system
>> restore to 3 days ago, and thankful, it returned. I'm happy, thinking
>> all
>> is good.
>>
>> Now today, I come home from work, and it's completely gone again. Not a
>> trace, unless I'm looking in the wrong directory. My 2005 folder has six
>> files in it, and none are an EXE file. Two LOG, two BAK, one TXT, and
>> one
>> Sample.MNY.
>>
>> I'm totally baffled.
>>
>> This however has coincided with MSN "money" doing an upgrade of their
>> on-line service, which requires a download of their new online software.
>> I
>> use MSN "Money" extensively, and it is ... I mean was ... linked to my
>> Money
>> 2005 software, particularly for tracking stock portfolios. Each time
>> it's
>> vanished has followed a download of this new MSN software (I had to
>> redownload the software after my "system restore" on Saturday.
>>
>> Anyone else having problems? Any know issues here?
>>
>> Another bit of info you might find helpful is that I upgraded from 2002
>> to
>> 2005 through the online download offered by Microsoft, so I do not own
>> the
>> disk.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

Greg
Thu May 26 19:06:19 CDT 2005

I installed the MSN Money upgrade for the 3rd time today (had to do it again
after my second system restore), and as expected, my shortcuts to Money 2005
vanished from my desktop and start menu. I was able to recreate the
short-cut on my desktop using the path below. All seems to be well now.



"Allen Chen" <AllenChen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E955CEA9-CF83-473B-8DA6-86226090FD75@microsoft.com...
> You may show protected system folders (in Folder Options btw), and check
> the
> Money 2005 folder again. Check if you can locate a core folder and the
> msmoney.exe file. Or, click Start, click Run, type the following command
> to
> check if you can start MOney 2005 if you did not change the defualt
> installation folder:
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money 2005\MNYCoreFiles\msmoney.exe
>
> Money 2006 folder appears because you installed the latest MSN Money
> Investment Toolbox
>
> "Greg S" wrote:
>
>> As crazy as this sounds, on Saturday I woke up and went my computer and
>> Money 2005 was gone completely from my computer. No desktop Icon,
>> nothing
>> in the start menu. I went to Program Files, I have directories on my
>> commuter for "Microsoft Money" (2002) "Microsoft Money 2004", "Microsoft
>> Money 2005", and "Microsoft Money 2006". 2006????? I don't even know
>> where that came from. Anyway, there is hardly anything in these
>> directories, except the 2002 version. The others are either totally
>> empty
>> or nearly empty. There was nothing in the recycle bin either.
>>
>> So first, I panic and accuse my wife of deleting it. Then I did a system
>> restore to 3 days ago, and thankful, it returned. I'm happy, thinking
>> all
>> is good.
>>
>> Now today, I come home from work, and it's completely gone again. Not a
>> trace, unless I'm looking in the wrong directory. My 2005 folder has six
>> files in it, and none are an EXE file. Two LOG, two BAK, one TXT, and
>> one
>> Sample.MNY.
>>
>> I'm totally baffled.
>>
>> This however has coincided with MSN "money" doing an upgrade of their
>> on-line service, which requires a download of their new online software.
>> I
>> use MSN "Money" extensively, and it is ... I mean was ... linked to my
>> Money
>> 2005 software, particularly for tracking stock portfolios. Each time
>> it's
>> vanished has followed a download of this new MSN software (I had to
>> redownload the software after my "system restore" on Saturday.
>>
>> Anyone else having problems? Any know issues here?
>>
>> Another bit of info you might find helpful is that I upgraded from 2002
>> to
>> 2005 through the online download offered by Microsoft, so I do not own
>> the
>> disk.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>