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Q) Money opens with my old email address. How do I tell it about my new one?

A) This indicates that your Money data file is set to authenticate access via Passport. So, what’s wrong here is that you need to update your Passport account and then update the Passport used with your Money data file.

First, login to your data file using the old email address. (If you've already changed the name at Passport and not in Money, you may have to login using the offline mode.)

If you go into File|Password Manager (File|Login Lockbox on versions before M04), on the File Password Settings tab, you should see Passport sign-in is enabled for… and Change… Click on Change…Select Disable Money's Passport features. Click on Next. Click on the Disable this Passport for use in Money check box. Click Finish. Click OK to have no passwords at all.

Exit Money.

Now, you have to change your Passport by browsing to the Passport web site. Select View or Edit your profile, sign in, under the old email address that is the Passport account name, click the link "I need to change this." Follow along from there.

Restart Money.

You should get this really annoying screen about setting up sign in security.

At this point, consider whether you need a Passport associated with your Money data file at all. See "Why do I have to use Passport authentication with Money?" for more information on why you might or might not want to do this. If you conclude you don’t need it, just say no to the sign in security screen. If you feel you must associate your file with a Passport, continue on.

Select Yes; Yes, I want to use a Passport; Use an existing Passport. Click Next. Enter the new email address/Passport sign-in name and its password. Click Next.

Please see this disclaimer if you are using Money 2005 or this comment if you are using Money 2006.

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