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MS Money on Network??

Dec 7, 2004 10:47AM PST

Is it possible to run Microsoft Money on a network so I can access it on multiple computers (laptop and desktop) without duplicating the downloads and entries? If so, can you explain how?

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Re: MS Money on Network??
Dec 7, 2004 11:11AM PST

Given the headaches my neighbor had with Money 2004 and I had to help with, I'm going to write "not a good idea."

If you disagree, just call Microsoft and ask.

Bob

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Yes and No
Feb 6, 2005 10:33AM PST

Yes it is possible to do this, but you probably don't want to do it.

How to do it.

Put the .mny file on a network drive. Create shortcuts on the machines that you want to run it from whcih shoul point the the .mny file.

You NEVER want to allow 2 or more people into the file at one time. It will corrupt your .mny file and you will end up rebuilding it from a backup or from scratch. Microsoft won;t tell you this but Money seems to do file level locks rather than record level locks and that is what causes to correupt the file.

using Moeny on a network drive works well if you do not have simultaneous user accessing the file.