Windows 10

Doc_N

Switching back to 8.1 (fortunately very easy to do) until Microsoft change Windows 10 so that it will run Microsoft Money.

That may happen, or it may not (though the number of die-hard users is surprisingly high) but either way Microsoft Money is more important to me, and quite a lot of others it seems, than an upgraded Windows.

17 years of invaluable data - too precious to lose just like that, and I'm not convinced that the registry 'fix' is safe, or will stick.

Fightsback

Doc_N wrote: »

Switching back to 8.1 (fortunately very easy to do) until Microsoft change Windows 10 so that it will run Microsoft Money.

That may happen, or it may not (though the number of die-hard users is surprisingly high) but either way Microsoft Money is more important to me, and quite a lot of others it seems, than an upgraded Windows.

17 years of invaluable data - too precious to lose just like that, and I'm not convinced that the registry 'fix' is safe, or will stick.

Ugly reg hack to fix MS money:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-desktop/unable-to-run-microsoft-money-plus-on-windows-10/90a0942f-4c14-4662-99af-3db070bbccd5

Doc_N

Fightsback wrote: »

Ugly reg hack to fix MS money:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-desktop/unable-to-run-microsoft-money-plus-on-windows-10/90a0942f-4c14-4662-99af-3db070bbccd5

That hack's all over the net in various variations, as you know, but so far there's no proper fix. It works for most (but not all) people, but it hasn't yet been properly tested against updates or problems caused with other programs etc.

At some unknown point it will probably fail, risking unrecoverable valuable data. I don't want to take that risk, but I reckon there's a fair chance of a proper fix over the next few months, so I'll wait till then.

enfield_freddy

Doc_N wrote: »

That hack's all over the net in various variations, as you know, but so far there's no proper fix. It works for most (but not all) people, but it hasn't yet been properly tested against updates or problems caused with other programs etc.

At some unknown point it will probably fail, risking unrecoverable valuable data. I don't want to take that risk, but I reckon there's a fair chance of a proper fix over the next few months, so I'll wait till then.

yes , Microsoft money 2015

Big_Graeme

Doc_N wrote: »

That hack's all over the net in various variations, as you know, but so far there's no proper fix. It works for most (but not all) people, but it hasn't yet been properly tested against updates or problems caused with other programs etc.

At some unknown point it will probably fail, risking unrecoverable valuable data. I don't want to take that risk, but I reckon there's a fair chance of a proper fix over the next few months, so I'll wait till then.

Ain't gonna happen, you've had over 10 years to migrate to another program, you can't expect a company to support dead apps forever.

Fightsback

Doc_N wrote: »

That hack's all over the net in various variations, as you know, but so far there's no proper fix. It works for most (but not all) people, but it hasn't yet been properly tested against updates or problems caused with other programs etc.

At some unknown point it will probably fail, risking unrecoverable valuable data. I don't want to take that risk, but I reckon there's a fair chance of a proper fix over the next few months, so I'll wait till then.

Hence the term UGLY hack.

Don't yell at me, I didn't write or sell the software. I merely provided a solution to run the program that you may or may not have been aware of. Also don't be so dramatic, lead to unrecoverable data indeed. You might get some unexpected behaviour but it won't magically wipe your hard drive.

enfield_freddy

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Ain't gonna happen, you've had over 10 years to migrate to another program, you can't expect a company to support dead apps forever.

its NOT an app , its a programme that came on a CD from Microsoft




anyway , am I moaning about my media centre that completely disappeared , after I bought it a few yrs ago?

Fightsback

enfield_freddy wrote: »

its NOT an app , its a programme that came on a CD from Microsoft anyway , am I moaning about my media centre that completely disappeared , after I bought it a few yrs ago?

It's not a programme, it's a program

PS fixed carriage return for you in the quote

Big_Graeme

enfield_freddy wrote: »

its NOT an app , its a programme that came on a CD from Microsoft




anyway , am I moaning about my media centre that completely disappeared , after I bought it a few yrs ago?

Program application app, you know what I mean, it came from MS 10 years ago minimum, time to move on was when they released the Sunset version.

You still have your media center, just go back to the OS that it came with...

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Move on to what program that has the sameish features? any ideas please. I know if I google home account programs alot come up but does anybody use any of them that has also used Money