MS Money to Quicken

Posted by Anthony Lisanti on April 20, 2009, 6:52 am

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How easy is it to make the switch to quicken? I don't think MS Money
is going to be made again. I've seem Quicken has a program that will
convert .MNY files to Quicken format. How has that worked for
everyone?

Thank you

Tony

Posted by windwatcher on April 23, 2009, 5:51 pm

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> How easy is it to make the switch to quicken? =A0 I don't think MS Money

> is going to be made again. =A0 I've seem Quicken has a program that will

> convert .MNY files to Quicken format. =A0 How has that worked for

> everyone?

> Thank you

> Tony

If you Google for Money conversion to Quicken you'll find several
methods, but they're really complicated--there's no conversion
program, or at least there wasn't when I did this a few months ago..
I only had about 2 years of Money and decided I could start Quicken
with 2008. It was really easier to re-download all the transactions
from bank, broker, and credit cards. You can also printout your money
register so you can pick up categories and other items you entered.
Sounds like a lot of work, but at least I understood what I was doing
and it didn't really take too long. I just did all the downloading
one evening, and then did all the miscellaneous catching up in another
session.

Posted by Anthony Lisanti on April 24, 2009, 7:36 am

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So it's easier to just start from scratch. Microsoft doesnt look like
it's going to make new versions of money anymore. Auto-downloads from
my 401k and everything else will expire soon, so I dont have much
choice. I dont want to have to do this all by hand.

Maybe open source is better?

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:51:33 -0700 (PDT), windwatcher

>> How easy is it to make the switch to quicken? I don't think MS Money

>> is going to be made again. I've seem Quicken has a program that will

>> convert .MNY files to Quicken format. How has that worked for

>> everyone?

>> Thank you

>> Tony

>If you Google for Money conversion to Quicken you'll find several

>methods, but they're really complicated--there's no conversion

>program, or at least there wasn't when I did this a few months ago..

>I only had about 2 years of Money and decided I could start Quicken

>with 2008. It was really easier to re-download all the transactions

>from bank, broker, and credit cards. You can also printout your money

>register so you can pick up categories and other items you entered.

>Sounds like a lot of work, but at least I understood what I was doing

>and it didn't really take too long. I just did all the downloading

>one evening, and then did all the miscellaneous catching up in another

>session.

Posted by Laura on April 24, 2009, 8:21 am

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> How easy is it to make the switch to quicken? I don't think MS Money

> is going to be made again. I've seem Quicken has a program that will

> convert .MNY files to Quicken format. How has that worked for

> everyone?

> Thank you

> Tony

Posted by No One You Know on April 23, 2009, 7:39 pm

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Anthony Lisanti wrote:

> How easy is it to make the switch to quicken? I don't think MS Money

> is going to be made again. I've seem Quicken has a program that will

> convert .MNY files to Quicken format. How has that worked for

> everyone?

I can't give any good advice about the Quicken conversion from Money
application: I tried briefly to use it with a test Money file I had ...
but the conversion failed ... I forget the message.

If you want to convert, and the Quicken conversion application fails; you
can still use QIF export/import to get where you want. But it will not be
a simple process. If you are not willing to spend the time and effort to
overcome the limitations of the QIF export/import process, you might as
well stay where you are.

--

John Pollard