Can't import transactions

[Shane Goodman]

Greetings,

Today when I went to import transactions from my chequing account I got an error message saying "You cannot perform this operation right now. There is an online

operation in progress. Try again later."

I received this message before but I forgot how I fixed it.

Windows Update is downloading a feature update version 20H2 but is stuck. Could this be the problem?

Thanks,

Shane Goodman

Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe

Sunset Edition

version 17.0.120.3817

[Shane Goodman]

How do I edit (correct) my original post?

[Cal Learner]

You can delete the original(s) and write a new post.

[Tim Wu]

I often run into this message when trying to download a statement and so I do a quick file repair. This always seems to resolve it for me.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Microsoft Money" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to microsoft-mon...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/microsoft-money/21392978-213a-49ea-9deb-33c96f256bc9n%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Bob Smiley]

If you open Money, the program first tries to contact the Microsoft Servers to get updates. Of course, the servers no longer exist, they were decommissioned in 2011. You can tell that the program is trying to access servers by seeing a spinning arrow in the upper right corner of the Money menu bar next to the help question mark. While that is spinning, any attempt to import an OFX file or other statement will fail. Other posts have shown how to reduce the time that is wasted by doing a port restriction.

If you try to import a statement while Money is closed, you will get a dialog asking to start Money now. If you have finished all of the statements, you can click the dialog to start Money, and it will import the statements BEFORE trying to access the servers, so there will be no problem with another online call being in progress.

So, either wait until the spinning arrow stops, or do the import while Money is closed.

Bob