Hello,
I am running Money 2003 Deluxe (version 11) on an XP machine. I want to retire the XP machine and upgrade to Windows 7. I also wanted to run a newer version of Money on Windows 7. I have spent 3 days trying all the upgrade paths and nothing
works. I've read, reread, and digested dozens and dozens of forum posts on the frustration people are having when trying to upgrade to Money Plus Deluxe Sunset. Granted, some people seem to have no issues.
I read a post that I need to convert to Money 2004, however the download link for Money 2004 was dead. I then found a post about upgrading to Money 2005 and converting my Money 2003 file. I installed Money 2005 (webinst.exe, which claims to be
a limited feature product for the sole purpose of converting older Money files). It did not like my Money.mny file and refused to convert to 2005. However, I was able to point Money 2005 at my backup file (.mbf) file and it finally opened in Money
2005. I then saved to a new money file in the 2005 format.
I uninstalled Money 2005 and then installed Money Plus Deluxe Sunset. No matter which version of the .mny or .mbf file that I attempt to open, Sunset stalls on the conversion process and then returns a very unhelpful error:
"A communication error has occurred. Please try your call again. If you continue to have problems call your financial institution's Online Services Customer Support."
The only option I have is OK. I press OK and then Sunset crashes (Microsoft Money has encountered an error followed by Microsoft Money has stopped working). I checked the event log and it points to a faulting module of mnyob99.dll. I found
the sticky on this site for a patched mnyob99.dll, downloaded, and overwrote the old version. It still crashes!
As far as I know, in Money 2003 I haven't setup any accounts or financial institutions that connect online. I read that could cause problems since Microsoft discontinued the online service.
Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to overcome this?
Thanks!
Aaron McVanner