MSMoney File Issue

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I struggled with this frustrating (I'm being polite) program for the better part of two days, and finally succeeded in restoring a backup file from not too far back just a few minutes ago. Now I am re-doing the input from the missing period and validating where I am with each account.

I re-installed the MSM2006 program and worked with some suggestions on a help site I found for MSM (yes, thank Google, not Microsoft) that was impossible to find on the MSM official site.

Thank goodness I could still get DOS syntax right. Basically I had to locate and delete the contents of the TEMP files under MSM the old fashioned way. I tried working with the sav.exe provided (but not overtly) with the software installation, but that failed to "sav" me.

This is my first experience with the dread of loss of some very significant work and data since I efficiently had shredded some of the source materials. I am usually very good at backing my data up, but whatever went wrong this time was apparently a shared experience based on the number of sites that offered password recovery and other help software created specifically for this dilemma.

You can bet that I will be quite vigilant in the future when working with strongly secured files.

I have been reading heavily on the subject of the emerging "smart Grid" in the electric utility realm lately, and this experience has really driven home some of the risks of securing that system. I can just imagine the stress on the operator who slips up on his keyboard and locks out a city for a day or two.

Thanks for the first response, and also for all of those who were working on a response. I knew this was the place to find a way through this.

Regards, CJM