Microsoft Money in Linux - 06JUN2026

[N G]

msmoneysetup_Linux_64bit_FullInstall_06Jun2026.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eBml4ukoljugUxZC2goGhexlSuun2o7C/view?usp=drive_link


Money and msmoneyquotes now run in parallel, so no more delay. Thanks to the user who pushed for looking into it. This is probably the main reason anyone with an existing Money installation might want this version. It's really only one character change in MSMoney.sh. Or, for existign installations, in MSMoney.sh you can remove the -c flag if you don't need updated currencies.

Most of the changes are for me to make my life easier. ;)

- Simpler Debian/Ubuntu/Mint detection, less code.
- Improved code for installing multiarch / i386 libraries. Only installs if necessary for older distros.
- I don't need to keep updating for new releases. (hopefully!)

- Install.sh doesn't download and install gecko and mono anymore. I did some testing and determined that MS Money doesn't use them. And if something changes, wine will download and install them itself.

- Install.sh and MSMoney.sh don't backup and restore Money settings from the registry anymore. I think this is really only useful if someone reinstalls Money often. For me, in testing the different versions of Money, having those registry files creates problems and confusion. If I install Money 2005 UK but Install.sh imports my preferences from Sunset Deluxe there are oddities that can result.

- Install.sh still installs winehq-stable, wine 11.0. I've been using/testing winehq-devel, through wine 11.10 and I haven't seen any problems so far; no crashes or hangs. No improvements to the problems for non-Sunset versions of Money unfortunately.

- I kept trying to investigate/fix the problem with "Balance this account" in the non-Sunset versions over the last couple of months, to include modifying or swapping the dll that is associated with the process deadlock; no joy. I haven't had any problems importing transactions though.

- Uninstall.sh has caused me a bit of indecisiveness. On the one hand, I want people to be able to put their system back to the way it was before using msmoneysetup, but I don't want to force it and cause problems for people. For example, if someone installs Money, and then later installs something that needs something that was installed with Install.sh, I don't want Uninstall.sh to remove anything that is still being used. So at this point Uninstall.sh will remove wine and the wine apt source but not the other packages. If i386 multiarch support was installed for Debian/Ubuntu/Mint older than 2025 or so, those files will remain as well. If this is a problem for anyone, just reach out and I can help.

[M B II]

I will say thank you for continuing to revise this.   I've been using your 15June2025 version on Linux Mint and have not had any issues.

[N G]

Cool! Glad to hear it.

No one needs to use the new msmoneysetup under normal circumstances as long as Money runs ok, and ultimately the end result 

would be the same. The updated Install.sh script is more resilient to issues, wine updates, and newer versions of Linux.

If you install a new Linux installation or upgrade to a new version, then the new version would probably be better. And I really like how Money runs with wine 11, hopefully the trend continues.

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Now might be a good time to ask: Is anyone still using pocketsense in Linux? I put a shortcut in the start menu for MSMoney and GetData; does anyone use the GetData shortcut? I don't use it since none of my banks have direct connect anymore, so I was wondering if I should remove it.

[-Kevin N]

Hi Nathan,

Yep, still using Pocketsense.  

I put 2 instances of it on my desktop. One for quotes and one for data.  

I use terminal to fire up their respective Getdata.py files.  (Just to keep up my terminal chops)

I don't see the harm in keeping the shortcut though.

Pocketsense's superpower is combining ofx files from my bank and Fidelity (via Cal's F2O script) into a single ofx file.

It's funny, running MS Money on Linux, I sometimes forget that I'm using Linux. :)

Thanks, again for your work on making this happen.

-Kevin N.

[Phanuwat Rattanapeerapat]

Yes right. Thank you. 

ในวันที่ จ. 8 มิ.ย. 2026 21:25 -Kevin N <kmnu...@hotmail.com> เขียนว่า:

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