Microsoft KB Archive/207573

Money Err Msg: The File You Attempted to Import Appears to Be…

PSS ID Number: Q207573 Article last modified on 03-13-1999

WINDOWS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Money 98 == Microsoft Money 99 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you start Money, you may receive one or more instances of the following error message:

The file you attempted to import appears to be invalid or contains corrupt data. Please download the file again. If this problem continues, contact your financial institution.

NOTE: You may receive this error message even though your Money data file is not damaged.

= CAUSE =

This behavior can occur if you link your Money Investment Accounts with MSN Investor and you delete any of the temporary files (.tmp) created by Quote Write Back (QWB).

QWB stores updated prices from Investor in temporary files located in the Temp folder on your hard disk. When you start Money, the updated prices are entered into your Money data files.

References to the QWB temporary files are stored in the Microsoft Windows registry. If the QWB files are deleted, Money displays the error message listed in the “Symptoms” section of this article.

= RESOLUTION =

To prevent this issue from occurring in the future, always start Money before you delete temporary files from the Temp folder. After you start Money and the QWB data is entered into your Money data files, you can delete the temporary files.

If you have received the error message, click OK to close each error message dialog box.

If you track numerous investments and you have had Investor open for a long period of time, you may have received too many error messages to be able to close them all. If this is the case, download and run the Fixqwb.exe file. The Fixqwb.exe file removes the QWB entries in the Windows registry.

The Fixqwb.exe file is available as a free download from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/fixqwb.exe

After you download the Fixqwb.exe file, double-click the file, and then click OK.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

= MORE INFORMATION =

How Quote Write Back (QWB) Works
When you link a Money file to your Investor portfolio, QWB is enabled. When QWB is enabled, it creates a new temporary file in the Temp folder on your hard disk every time it updates prices. The number of temporary files created by QWB depends on the frequency that QWB updates prices and the length of time you have had Investor open.

These QWB temporary files are named ~of<####>.tmp where <####> can be any combination of digits.

After QWB creates a temporary file, it creates a pointer to the file in the Windows registry.

When you start Money, the updated prices are entered in your Money data file. After the data is entered, Money deletes the temporary files and the registry entries that point to the files.

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