Windows 10: Microsoft Money not working in build 10240

I suspect their support costs more than the money they earn from it. It is disappointing to see is not does work in Windows 10 without hacking the registry.

 

I made the Registry change and it worked. There actually was 2 entries for the 9 and one for the 11. The second for 9 referred to W2kVersion so changed it also.

 

I'm another MS Money (all releases to 2002) user and was agast when it refused to run in W10 protesting it required IE 5.5 service pack 1. All my finances are recorded using it. I was all set to go back to W7.
This tweak of the registry work immediately. Thanks immensly; how you unearthed that I don't know!

 

I am really disappointed about MS Money Plus Sunset not working in Windows 10. I have used this program for many years on my PC and really have never found a good replacement! Version 17 is the last one published online and worked perfect with Win7. It seems like it would be such an easy fix for MS to get it working in Win10; but I am sure it is not a priority for MS.

My dilemma is what to do now? I want/need this program to continue managing my checking account in a manner in which I am comfortable. And buying Quicken is not so attractive as an alternative. I tried it several years ago (briefly) and was not impressed....not to mention there's a cost factor there for Quicken.

Others have indicated they've had success with the registry hack. Personally, I don't really want to do that as I fear it will only cause problems going forward with Windows Updates in Win10. Obviously, I could return to my backed up version of Win7. But I really want to stick with this latest OS....especially since I got a free upgrade to Win10.

Does anyone have any other ideas besides the registry hack? For example, how does a 'compatibility mode' work (if at all)? And are there any programs that come remotely close to the convenience and ease of use in MS Money Plus? If so, I'd really like to know, but I've never seen any good alternatives. It's really a shame that MS discontinued this great program back in 2011. But with Microsoft Money Plus Sunset version (17), people have been able to continue to use MS Money....well at least up until Win10.

 

Money works OK for me after the registry hack until I tried to add a new Payee then it crashed. Not good at all maybe the joy is premature

 

I have Microsoft Money 2004 (Deluxe). As I posted earlier it has worked all the way thru OS 8.1 Pro. I have tried to find the HKEY fix that has been posted and I have not been able to find the entry in my Registry. I get to VERSION VECTOR but there are no entries that look like what has been posted. I have 3 entries in the item: (Default), IE and VML. The only number under IE is 9.000 . I have nothing that looks like what is posted to be changed????

l was so full of hope.....now I am deflated. Can anyone tell/show me how to fix? I must (I hope) be not doing something right????

thanks

 

I finally found the 'Version' and did the "change". It did not work. It still told me to install IE 6.

For those of you who are getting it to work is it because you are using the 'Sunset' version of MM?

Also I am trying to get the MM to work after the upgrade/update to OS 10; where the program was already installed on my OS 8.1 Pro machine. Do I need to uninstall program and re-install it with the OS 10 now?

Help!!!!!!

 

OK......I Got It To Open!!!!!!!!!
I changed more than just the one registry item
I not only changed the 'Version' but also 'W2kVersion' and for good measure the 'svcVersion' to 11.0.10240.0 . The reason I changed the 'svc....' one because it too had 10240.16384 in it too.
Maybe I'll try changing the 'svc.....' back to see if the program will still open.

Changing the one item did not work but changing the 2 (3?) seems to have worked?

Someone said they experienced crashes after the changes and getting the program to open? What were you doing at the time when it happened.

 

I've tried the uninstall/reinstall and it doesn't make a bit of difference. Version 17 (is the Sunset version) and the last one published by MS. This build of the program worked great in Win7. And from what others have posted, it worked fine in Win8.1 'and' the earlier builds of pre-release Win10.

Given the fact that it reportedly worked fine in earlier builds of Win10, I think there is at least hope that MS will fix the problem. Also, I did read (on another thread) somewhere earlier today that supposedly MS is aware of the problem and may have a fix for the problem in a few weeks. It looks like we will just have to wait and see.

 

The registry hack worked inasmuch as the program starts without an error. However, when I tried to import a .qif file from my bank it crashed as it imported the file. I got the "Import complete" dialog box and immediately crashed. When I start it again the dialog box is still showing and immediately crashes again. I can't click OK to dismiss the dialog box.

 

Great find *Thumbs*Thumbs
It worked perfectly for me Thanks

 

Did you ever figure out? If not here are detailed instructions.

To edit the registry RIGHT click on the start button, click run, type regedit and click OK. You should see about 6 items including HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Click on the ">" in front of it and you will have a bunch of registry keys drop down, scroll down to Software and click ">", next scroll down to Wow6432Node and click ">", next scroll down to Microsoft and click ">", scroll down to Internet Explorer and click directly on it. On the right side of the screen you will see "version". Right click version, next click modify. You will see a box with the default value. Change it to 9.11.10240.0 You can copy and paste it in if you want. Also if you have 32bit Windows you probably do not have Wow6432Node so Internet Explorer will be in Software\Microsoft. It's always best to reboot your computer after making registry changes Hope that helps.

 

here is a little cmd script I modified to read the current version from the registry, change it to 9.0, run msmoney, and change the reg values back to original, make sure to change the location in the script to your location of msmoney.exe.

I've only tested this on Windows 10 64bit Home Premium

Warning, use at your own risk.

I saved this as runmsmoney.bat when I used it for testing.


@echo OFF

setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS

rem remove the rem below to print values found
rem set showvalues=true

rem your folder for msmoney.exe
set msmoneyfolder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Money Plus\MNYCoreFiles"

set KEY_NAME1="HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"
set KEY_NAME2="HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"

set iskey1=true
set iskey2=true

rem get current Version for reg key1
FOR /F "usebackq skip=1 tokens=1-3" %%A IN (
`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME1% /v Version 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueName1=%%A
set ValueType1=%%B
set ValueValue1=%%C
)

if defined ValueName1 (
if defined showvalues (
@echo Key Name = %KEY_NAME1%
@echo Value Name = %ValueName1%
@echo Value Type = %ValueType1%
@echo Value Value = %ValueValue1%
)
) else (
set iskey1=
if defined showvalues @echo %KEY_NAME1%\Version not found.
)

rem get current Version for reg key2
FOR /F "usebackq skip=1 tokens=1-3" %%A IN (
`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME2% /v Version 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueName2=%%A
set ValueType2=%%B
set ValueValue2=%%C
)

if defined ValueName2 (
if defined showvalues (
@echo Key Name = %KEY_NAME2%
@echo Value Name = %ValueName2%
@echo Value Type = %ValueType2%
@echo Value Value = %ValueValue2%
)
) else (
set iskey2=
if defined showvalues @echo %KEY_NAME2%\Version not found.
)

rem change reg key to 9.0
if defined iskey1 reg add %KEY_NAME1% /v Version /d "9.0" /f
if defined iskey2 reg add %KEY_NAME2% /v Version /d "9.0" /f

rem start msmoney
start /wait msmoney.exe /d %msmoneyfolder%

rem restore original version values
if defined iskey1 reg add %KEY_NAME1% /v Version /d %ValueValue1% /f
if defined iskey2 reg add %KEY_NAME2% /v Version /d %ValueValue2% /f

 

I feel exactly like you do. Microsoft Money Plus was the best little checkbook program there ever was. Several years ago, I briefly tried Quicken but didn't like it so I went back to the Microsoft Money Plus Sunset version. It has worked like a charm in Win7. Because I still have Win7 installed on a secondary computer (as a virtual machine), I am going to make do using the program in there for now. But I am keeping my fingers crossed that there will be some real fix for Win10. I understand others have made the program work with that registry hack. However, I personally don't want to do that (at least for the time being). There are always risks with these hacks, particularly now with the constant Windows Updates in Win10.