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Aug 5, 2024, 1:32:26 AM8/5/24
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Ive been using Quicken since 2010 and absolutely love it. I used Microsoft Money for several years prior. Today I just found some old Microsoft Money .mbf files. Can I still download a version of MS Money today and use my old 2010 .mbf files to set up MS Money & then import and convert that data to the latest version of Quicken? I use Windows 11 now but also have a computer running Windows 10. Do any of you recommend or not recommend adding the old Money data to Quicken? Any tips or suggestions to facilitate the process?

Any currently supported version of Quicken for Windows (Deluxe or higher feature level

required) will directly import a MS Money data file into the currently open

Quicken data file (File menu / File Import / MS Money File) , but

- the MS Money file must have been opened at least once with MS Money Plus

Sunset Edition (V 17) so it's converted to the latest file format.

- you MUST have MS Money Plus Sunset Edition installed on the same computer

that Quicken runs on.

- unless fixed, MS Money will not run on Windows 10 (see below). If you have a

computer running Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 (but NOT XP) use it for the conversion.

- close MS Money before trying to convert the file with Quicken.

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If you want to convert to Quicken, create a new, empty Quicken file first, then be sure to keep those old Money files in separate Quicken data files.

If you can make Money work on either Windows 10 or 11, use it to work with the old files, without converting Quicken


Microsoft Money is a discontinued personal finance management software program by Microsoft. It has capabilities for viewing bank account balances, creating budgets, and tracking expenses, among other features.[1] Designed for computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system, versions for Windows Mobile were also released. From its inception in 1991 until 2009, Microsoft Money was commercial software; in 2010, Microsoft Money Plus Sunset was released as a free replacement, which allows users to open and edit Money data files but lacks any online features or support.[2]


There are localized editions of Microsoft Money for the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Canada, and an International English edition for other English-speaking countries. However, Microsoft has not updated the U.K., French, and international editions since Money 2005. The last Canadian edition was Money 2006.[citation needed]


There are also localized editions for other countries, such as Russia, Brazil, Germany, and Italy. However, these editions were discontinued due to what was believed to be an insufficient user base to justify the expense of localization for more recent editions or the expense to integrate support for national online-banking standards like HBCI in Germany.[citation needed]


Microsoft offered a free downloadable time-limited trial version of Microsoft Money Plus.[3] This trial version imports data files from the Canadian edition of Money,[4] but not from other non-US editions.[5][6] Users upgrading from other non-US editions can manually export and reimport their accounts and may have to re-enter certain information by hand.[7]


Due to Microsoft's propensity to market product versions using the year number rather than the actual version number, the version number reported in the About dialogue box may not actually reflect that of the packaging of the distribution media.[citation needed]


In August 2008, Microsoft announced that it would stop releasing a new version of Money each year and had no version planned for 2009. The company also announced that it would no longer ship boxed versions of Microsoft Money to retail stores and would instead sell the product only as online downloads.[9]


On June 10, 2009, Microsoft announced that it would stop developing Money, would stop selling it by March 18, 2010, but would continue supporting it until January 31, 2011.[10] The company cited the changing needs of the marketplace as the reason for Money's demise, stating that "demand for a comprehensive personal finance toolset has declined".[11] Product-activation servers used for Money 2007 (and newer versions) were also deactivated after January 31, 2011, preventing these versions from being reinstalled after that date. Microsoft discontinued sales of the software on June 30, 2009, and removed access to online services for existing Money installations in January 2011.[12]


On June 17, 2010, Microsoft announced the release of Money Plus Sunset, a downloadable version of Money Plus Deluxe and Money Plus Home & Business.[13][14] Money Plus Sunset does not require online activation or the installation of any previous version of Money on the user's computer, and it should not be installed over the original 2008 version if online services are still required.[11]


In 2012, a new but unrelated Money was released as a Windows Store app (originally as MSN Money) but as a news aggregator for personal finance, investing, and real estate, as well as stock tracking across the world markets.


Money in Excel is a Microsoft premium template for Excel available from 2020 to 2023 for Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscribers in the US only.[18][19] In May 2022, Microsoft announced that support for Money in Excel would end effective June 30, 2023.[20]


To celebrate Windows 95's release and to promote the advantages of a native Windows 95 application, Money 95 was available as a free web download from Microsoft's website between August 24, 1995, and October 31, 1995. Users also had the option of paying US$9.95 plus tax (for US residents) or CA$14.95 plus tax (for Canadian residents) for CD-ROM or 3.5" floppy disk media along with a hard copy user's manual during that promotional period. This was requested either through a promotional mail-in card (distributed in stores) or by calling Microsoft directly. The free download (moneyweb.exe) version is the same as the paid 3.5" floppy disk version but without a user's manual. The CD-ROM version includes a Multimedia Catalog (an electronic catalog of Microsoft products available at that time) and an online user's manual. Users who took advantage of this version did not receive the retail box, but the contents are the same as the retail version. This version also supports Windows NT 3.51.[21]


Had plans to use an old laptop and install Windows 8.1 to do all this, but it looks like in all the installation attempts, the HDD is now giving serious concern. Whatever version of Windows is suitable, it needs to be able to use the MS Money from the 2004 Works Suite, to open the MNY files, view, update and export.


In the quest to become wealthy on a finite income, your savings rate dominates all other factors. Because of that, this blog tends to fixate on living happily and efficiently, and the oddly magical lifestyle changes that allow you to drop your spending dramatically even while improving every area of your life.


Over time, I have come to appreciate what the product and the company offers. My visit to their site (or the phone app) has become a favorite stop on my weekly roundup of the MMM household finances, and thus I figured it is worth sharing a few notes here, in case it motivates any new readers to become more active in tracking their own spending and freeing money from the mattress.


For example, when confronted my own dashboard screen like the one above, I was shocked to see $9000 of income and only $854 of spending in the past 30 days. This is an unusual performance even by MMM household standards. However, zooming in I was able to see the rare events that caused this anomaly (a check came in from the business, I spent 11 days in Ecuador and thus the hungriest member of the family was not at home consuming groceries, and we just happened to buy no products or gasoline last month).


Mint is a free service, and it earns its money by advertising financial products that may be relevant to you based on your life situation. Credit cards, savings and investment accounts, insurance, and other stuff. Although the product links are noticeable, they are generally relevant and quite possibly useful to Mint users, so they do not bother me.


Personal Capital is also free to use, and has no ads and pushes no products. Instead, they are hoping to build enough trust that you will hire them to manage your investments for you, in exchange for a fixed-percentage fee of about 0.89% of your managed assets (this percentage drops if you have over $1M under management). The only sales pitch is a call or email one of their advisers will send to you after you first set up your account and link in your various funds. And this offer only comes if you have over $25,000 of assets available to manage. Note that you can opt out of future contact as well.


And Personal capital is far from the only manager out there. For example, after I first published this article, many readers came out with favorable reviews for Betterment (automatic investment in existing index funds with lower management fees, in exchange for less personalized service), so do your research before signing up with any paid financial management service.


Adding in the ability to edit individual holdings and assign an allocation to them is in the roadmap, probably not until Q1 of next year. If you send the fund details to your support staff, we do spend time classifying funds.


I think .9% is much too high for asset management fee. The platform is cool, but you could get lower asset management fees elsewhere. Burton Malkiel is involved with a new online asset management website where they charge .25% (wealthfront.com)


However, this article is a breath of fresh air to me. I get a little sick of the Bogleheads who are only concerned with cost in absence of value. Solid, objective advice is needed in a bad way by most people and is worth the fee as long as it is reasonable. William Bernstein (long proponent of low cost investing) even said that he thinks only about 1% of people are actually capable of managing their own assets.

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