Cal,
I did download a trial version of AMPR from Elcomsoft
that would give the first 3 charecters of a password. My
husband has Money 2002 but won't be home with his laptop
for a few days, so I tired AMPR first.
Earlier, when I tried to restore the Money account from
floppy I had 2 differant files that I tried to use, both
were .mbf files. One came up as unknown format, the other
finally loaded to the point that I needed a password to
complete the restore. After several attempts, I finally
got one file to read .mny in my documents. I ran a check
with AMPR on all of those files, and the one with the .mny
was the only one that AMPR didn't call an invalid format.
Here is how I got to a file that AMPR would "open". At
the top of the AMPR window, I opened the My Documents
folder. I did not see any of the files under supported
files in my documents, so I used all files for the search.
The .mny file was in "all files" , it opened in AMPR and
a small window came up that said Password for Selected
File and beneath it Password Hexadecimal Representation.
Both lines beneath those headings were empty, and when I
clicked to send results it to clipboard viewer nothing was
there either.
It is possible that I have not used AMPR correctly. But,
since I don't recall ever using a password to start with,
I was wondering if that is why AMPR did not show anything
in either line of the password window.
I hope that I have relayed my efforts in terms clear
enough for you to have an idea of the steps I have taken
thus far. I would appreciate any comments you might have
on the results I have obtained with AMPR.
Again, thanks for you help with this issue.