Microsoft KB Archive/175921

Money: How to Verify the Version of a Money Data File

PSS ID Number: Q175921 Article last modified on 08-19-1998

WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,2.0a,3.0,3.0a,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98,99

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Money 99 Microsoft Money 98 Microsoft Money versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0 for Windows 95 == Microsoft Money versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.0a, 3.0, 3.0a == 

= SUMMARY =

This article describes how to determine the version of a Money data file.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Since any particular version of Money can only open data files for its own version or earlier, you may want to determine what version of Money created a specific data file.

To find out the version of a Money data file, you can open the file in either Wordpad or Windows Write and the character in the fifth position will tell you what version of Money was used to create the Money data file. For more information on how to open a file in Wordpad or Windows Write, see “Opening a File in Wordpad” or Windows Write at the end of this article.

NOTE: This method cannot distinguish Money 98 from Money 99 files.

The following are the symbols found at the fifth position:

NOTE: Close Wordpad or Write without saving any changes to the data file or you will risk corrupting the data file.

If the version of the data file is later than the version of Money that you are attempting to open the file in, Money will not be able to open it. You will get the following error message:

is corrupted or is not a Money data file.

NOTE: This error can also occur if the Windows system cryptography provider is not properly registered in the Windows registry. For more information on this error message, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q175046 TITLE : Unable to Open File After Installing IE 4.0

Opening a File in Wordpad

 * 1) Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Wordpad.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Open.
 * 3) In the Look In box, click the drive that contains the document you want to open.
 * 4) Below the Look In box, click the folder that contains the document you want to open.
 * 5) In the Files Of Type list, click All Documents (.).
 * 6) Click the document’s name, or type it in the File Name box, and click Open.

Opening a File in Windows Write

 * 1) Open Windows Write.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Open.
 * 3) Change to the correct directory.
 * 4) In the Files Of Type list, click All Documents (.).
 * 5) Click the document’s name, or type it in the File Name box, and click Open.

= Additional query words: w_money 97 6.0 7.0 planet =

Keywords : kbdta kbhowto Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,2.0a,3.0,3.0a,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98,99 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.