Microsoft KB Archive/78021

= How to open a file other than the last opened file when you start Money =

Article ID: 78021

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Money 2006 Deluxe
 * Microsoft Money 2006 Premium
 * Microsoft Money 2006 Small Business
 * Microsoft Money 2006 Standard
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe and Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe and Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2001 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Business & Personal Edition
 * Microsoft Money 99 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q78021





SUMMARY
This article describes how to open a file other than the most recently used file when you start Microsoft Money.

By default, Microsoft Money opens the most recently used file that was used when you start the program.

Money stores the path of the most recently used file in the Microsoft Windows registry.



MORE INFORMATION
Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

To open a file other than the most recently used file when you start Money, create a shortcut on your desktop for each file that you want to open directly. To do this, follow these steps:  Right-click an empty area of the Windows desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut. In the Command Line box, type the following line, and then click Next:



In this example,  is the drive letter of the hard disk where the Money file is located,   is the folder or the set of folders where the Money file is located, and   is the name of the Money file that you want to open directly. Click Finish. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to create a shortcut for each Money file that you want to open directly.

To use a different icon for the shortcut, right-click the shortcut, and then click Properties.

On the Shortcut tab, click Change Icon, click the icon that you want to use, and then click OK two times.

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