unofficial microsoft.public.money FAQ and A
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Q) How can I make this infernal MoneySide thing go away?
[Relevant to Money2002 (v.10), Money2003 (v.11)]
A) Click Help in MoneySide, then Settings. Under "Open MoneySide" select "Never" and then "Done."
Answer provided by Bryan Escher.
Once you've gotten rid of MoneySide you will probably notice that Money has also dropped an icon onto your IE toolbar. To remove it, select View|Toolbar|Customize. Select MoneySide on the column on the right. Click Remove.
This thing was so popular that when they eliminated it from M04 many months went by before there was a single mention in the newsgroup that it had disappeared.
Q) How do I stop Money from talking to me?
A) R-click on the speaker icon in the upper right corner of the Money home page and select Turn all Audio Help off. Perhaps because they got too many support calls asking just this question, Microsoft removed the audio help from M05.
A) Tools|Options|General|Turn off sponsorship and shopping links is as good as it gets. MSN ads will still be all over the thing. This also will not prevent Microsoft from sending you ads in the form of Money Updates, though they have only done this occasionally. M05 moved this to [Windows menu:] Tools|Settings|Program Settings|General|Display|Turn off sponsorship and shopping links. They also made added a much more pervasive and difficult to avoid coupling of Money the application to MSN Money the web-based advertising delivery engine. "Most users prefer" it this way, apparently.
Q) I keep changing my Tools|Options settings but they keep changing back. Why?
A) A number of unconfirmed reports indicate that there are problems with changing Tools|Options settings when Money Express is active and having the changes be retained the next time Money is restarted. If you use Money Express (Money in the System Tray at startup/login) and find that Tools|Options settings are not being retained from one use of Money to the next, try this:
- Exit Money Express
- Make your Tools|Options settings change in Money
- Exit Money
- Restart Money Express (logout then login/reboot)
- Restart Money and see if your Tools|Options settings change has been retainedSince M05 eliminated Money Express--perhaps because eliminating it was easier than fixing this problem among others--this answer is probably not relevant if you are having this problem in M05.
Q) I made the cash flow forecast and upcoming bills disappear from my register. How do I get them back?
A) Try the settings in Tools|Options|Feedback|Personalized Feedback in the Account Register and Portfolio|Options… M05 removed these settings and the feedback pane. See "What happened to the register view spending thermometers and forecast cash flow in M05?"
Q) What is the icon in my SysTray? How do I turn it off? How do I get it back?
A) The icon in the System Tray is the Money Express icon, and is turned on by default with a new Money installation. It has several functions when enabled. It notifies you of upcoming bills and deposits, allows for quick transaction entry without opening Money, and provides easy configuration of events and alerts.
If you don't want to use it, you can turn it off using one of two methods. If Money is open, click on Tools, Options, Bills and Deposits tab. Uncheck the Use Money Express option. If Money is not open and you want this feature disabled, right mouse click on the icon in the System Tray, choose Exit Money Express, and then click the No option so that Money Express is disabled and will no longer run on your system.
If you decide after turning it off that you want to use it again, simply open Money and go to Tools, Options, Bills and Deposits tab. Check the Use Money Express option and click OK. Your Money Express icon will return.
M05 eliminated this problem by eliminating the feature. See "What happened to Money Express in M05?"
Answer courtesy of Kimberly Renna-Griego.
Q) Why do I have to create an entry in the Payees every time I spend money somewhere new?
A) You don't. Set Tools|Options|Editing|Confirm new payees and, every time you enter a Payee you've never entered before, Money will ask you if you want to add the Payees to the explicit Payees list or not. M05 moved this to [Windows menu:] Tools|Settings|Account settings (global)|Transaction confirmation options|Confirm new payees. This was to make it easier to get to.
Please see this disclaimer if you are using Money 2005 or this comment if you are using Money 2006.
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Last update: 10 December 2006 |
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