Microsoft KB Archive/79917

= Money: Cannot Install Money on a Shared Network Folder =

Article ID: 79917

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Money 2004 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2001 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 99 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Business & Personal Edition
 * Microsoft Money 98 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 98 Financial Suite Edition

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This article was previously published under Q79917



SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Microsoft Money to a shared folder on a network, you receive one of the following error messages:  

Money must be installed on a local drive. Please enter a valid drive path.

Setup can not install Money onto the network. Please select a local hard drive for installation.





CAUSE
This issue occurs because Money is not designed to be installed as a shared program on a network. Because of this, Money does not understand Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path names.

UNC path names use the following format:

\\ \



RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, map a drive letter to the shared folder on the network, and then install Money to the mapped network drive.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft does not sell a site license for Money. You can install and run Money on a network. However, because Money is not designed to support multiple simultaneous users, only one person at a time can use the program.

Although Money includes options for printing to a network printer, running the program over a network is not supported.

CAUTION: Running Money from a network drive may cause loss of data if the network connection is interrupted. Running Money from a network is not supported by Microsoft.

Additional query words: lan money97 money98 money99 money2000 planet money2002 money2001 money2003

Keywords: kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb kbsetup KB79917

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