"Jim" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The account files are simple .mny files, which you've hopefully got in
> your My Documents folder. When you uninstall, nothing will touch
> those. But you'll be taking backups anyway, won't you....
>
> Then when you install the new version, go through the normal setup
> routines etc., and then just open them from the File menu in Money, in
> the same way as you would open a document in Word. Provided you've not
> switched from a USA version of Money 99 to a UK version of Money 2003
> etc (I forget which versions were available 10 yers ago), Money will
> upgrade your money file and take a backup of the old one with a .nnn
> suffix, where nnn reflects the money file version.
>
> So to recap: uninstall old, install new, open money file.
>
> You'll probably have to set up some preferences like archiving paths
> etc, but you'd have to do that anyway.
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:13:25 +0100, "Glass Half Full" <>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Jim" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:59:53 +0100, "Glass Half Full" <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Just purchased 2003 - have been running 99 for several years with no
>>>>problems but have been wanting to bring this program up to spec in line
>>>>with
>>>>my office programs (2003). Also 99 seems to be a big resource hog -
>>>>hoping
>>>>that 2003 is a bit cleverer with CPU usage... question: Can I just
>>>>install
>>>>over the top of my 99 installation? If not - why not? etc etc
>>>>
>>>
>>> Wow, that IS old software.
>>>
>>> It's probably taken longer to post your message than it would take to
>>> uninstall the old version. What's the issue with removing 99 and
>>> installing 2003, you'll end up with the same product at the end of
>>> day.
>>>
>>> Personally, I would *never* install a new version of a product over an
>>> old version, I would always uninstall then install.
>>>
>>> I'm sure installing over the top will work, but it's not the route I
>>> would choose.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>>Old software maybe but it has worked fine... just not totally convinced
>>that
>>it's marriage with XP over last few years (used to run it on a Win95 p.c.
>>before that) is a good marriage - seems to often use a lot of CPU
>>resources
>>when making "basic" calculations (causing the CPU cabinet fan to kick up a
>>gear)- am beginning to think this might be down to some kind of
>>incompatibility the system is working around. I might be completely wrong
>>and ALL Money programs may be the same.
>>
>>If I uninstall old one first - how do I make sure I do not lose the
>>account
>>files so that hopefully the new installation will detect them and life
>>proceeds as normal?
>>
>>
...sorry one other thing - I read somewhere that Money 99 users had to
install a trail version of Money 2000 first before they could use Money 2004
(the 2000 version converted the Money99 files into format 2004 recognised) -
I hope that for version 2003 this messing around is not necessary??