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Q) Are there any other voodoo tricks that might solve my problem?

A) Voodoo describes seemingly quirky methods that work in strange and unexplainable ways. A number of voodoo incantations for different symptoms follow.

All kinds of odd problems in M03 and M04 have been reported fixed by running the command "regsvr32 msxml3.dll" from the Start|Run box. Nobody seems to know how registrations for this DLL get trashed, but when they do, bad things happen.

A chestnut that works occasionally in recent versions of Money is going into Internet Explorer Internet Options (from IE Tools or from the desktop Internet Options or from the Internet Options control panel) and deleting all temporary Internet files.

"vsv" was having Passport "sign-in unsuccessful" errors but found these were resolved by going to "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\" and deleting the Money folder with all its subfolders. The msxml3 fix, above, has also been reported to fix Passport login problems.

Tommy Becker lobbied for inclusion of another classic piece of voodoo in the FAQ by and it certainly seems to fit nicely in this answer and nowhere else. Tommy was having problems with different account balances in different account views, as was a predecessor, "bcmbde," who couldn't get account balances to agree between the register and account list. In both cases several account transactions had somehow gotten lost in the bowels of Money. They found this method, originally contributed by Mark, and updated by Cal Learner and Tommy Becker, helpful:

1. Make a copy of your Money data file.
2. Open that copy.
3. Delete ALL transactions in the problem account
4. Export that account as a QIF file
5. Examine the QIF file in Notepad.
6. If it is not empty and shows one or more transactions, then those are likely the culprits.
7. Note the details of those transactions
8. Open up your original file
9. Import the QIF file
10. This should reveal the hidden transactions. So you can now do with them as you wish (Delete, modify, etc).

To delete transactions in step 3, Clear the Tools|Options|Editing Confirmation Options boxes. Sort the cash transactions register by increasing date. Select the bottom transaction and click these keys in rotation: Delete, Enter, <cursorUpArrow>. Listen for the audible sound. If the audible sound changes, look at the screen.

It is possible that some shorter method exists. For example, rather than deleting all of the transactions just delete the last few months. Then look at the QIF file for newer entries.

If you have an idea what problem transactions you are going after, you may find it easier to delete all of the other transactions in the .QIF file since it can just be done in Notepad or WordPad much easier than deleting potentially thousands of transactions in Money.

I haven't tried this, but it seems that this would have the potential to cause real problems with unbalanced transfers. YMMV. Such is the joy of voodoo.

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