Microsoft KB Archive/161744

Money: Deleting Money from Your Hard Disk

PSS ID Number: Q161744 Article last modified on 08-18-1998

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

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

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

= SUMMARY =

This article discusses how to delete Money from your system.

Money versions 3.0a and later contain a maintenance program, activated by running Setup. In Maintenance Mode, there is a Remove All option, which is the recommended way to completely remove Microsoft Money from your hard disk.

Money versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 can be removed manually. Steps are listed at the end of this article.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To delete Money, use the appropriate method for your version of Money.

= MONEY 3.0a AND LATER =

With version 3.0a or later, run Money Setup in Maintenance Mode by following these steps:

  Insert Disk 1 or the Money CD-ROM into the appropriate drive.   In Windows 95/98, click the Start button. In Windows 3.1, click the File menu in Program Manager. </li>  Click Run. </li>  On the command line, type : where is the letter associated with your disk drive, then press ENTER. For example, if the drive letter associated with your drive is drive A, you would type “a:” (without the quotation marks. Once the program is running, you have several choices, including Reinstall, Remove All, and Exit Setup. </li>  Click Remove All if you want to delete Microsoft Money from your hard disk. </li></ol>

Setup will now delete Money from your hard disk.

= VERSIONS OF MONEY EARLIER THAN 3.0a =

To remove versions of Microsoft Money earlier than 3.0a from your hard disk, delete the Msmoney folder, the Msmoney .wav files, the Money program group, and any lines pertaining to Money in the Win.ini file, as follows.

Deleting Money from Your Hard Disk
To delete Money from your hard disk, follow these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  In Windows 3.x, open File Manager from the Main group. In Windows 95/98, click the Start menu, point to Programs, and click Explorer. </li>  Click to select the Msmoney folder. </li>  Press DELETE on your keyboard. </li>  In Windows 3.x, confirm the deletion of the files and subdirectory (folders) by clicking OK and then Yes To All. In Windows 95/98, confirm the deletion of the files and subdirectory by click Yes and then Yes To All. </li>  Click the Windows folder. </li>  Click Cointbl.wav to select it. </li>  Press DELETE on the keyboard. </li>  Confirm the deletion of the file by clicking OK or Yes. </li>  Repeat steps 6-8 for the file Kerchunk.wav in the Windows folder. </li></ol>

Removing Entries from Win.ini
To remove Money entries from the Win.ini file, follow these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  Back up the Win.ini file. In Windows 3.x, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">  Click Win.ini in the Windows folder. </li>  From the File menu, click Copy. </li>  In the To box, type the filename: Winini.old </li> <li> Click OK. </li></ol>

For Windows 95/98, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li> Highlight the Win.ini file in the Windows directory. </li> <li> On the Edit menu, click Copy. </li> <li> On the Edit menu, click Paste. A file called Copy Of Win.ini is created. </li></ol> </li> <li> Use a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad, to edit the Win.ini file. You need to remove the following lines: mny=c:.exe ^.mny bak=c:.exe ^.mny [Microsoft Money] progdir=c: MoneyTransactionEntry=c:.wav, Money Transaction Entry [MNYESRV] InitModem= </li></ol>

Removing the Money Program Group
The Money group may be named Microsoft Money or Solutions Series. To remove the Money icons and the program group, follow these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <li> In Windows 3.x: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li> If the Money program group is open, minimize the Money program group. </li> <li> Select the minimized Money group with a single mouse click. </li> <li> On the File menu, click Delete. </li> <li> Confirm the deletion of this group by clicking Yes. </li></ol> </li> <li> In Windows 95/98: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li> Click the Start menu. </li> <li> Press ALT+ENTER (on the keyboard) to open the Taskbar Properties dialog box. </li> <li> On the Start Menu Programs tab, click Remove. </li> <li> Click the Money group folder. </li> <li> Click Remove. </li> <li> Confirm the deletion by clicking Yes. </li></ol> </li></ol>

= Additional query words: w_money 97 6.0 7.0 planet =

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