Jun 17, 2020 However, after spending 2+ hours with it, it won't replace Quicken and doesn't come close to the original Money. For anyone with anything more that a simple checking account, this probably won't work for you.

Due to incompatibilities in the format of regional Microsoft Money files, and sometimes due to corruption, and other times just to convert a Quicken File into Money, it is sometimes necessary to export all of your accounts into QIF files and then import them all again in a clean/new or the same file. I'm importing an MS Money file into Quicken 2018 Deluxe, and although the import completes successfully, and all transactions are there, the category as defined in MS Money is not imported. I tried creating the category manually in Quicken first, same result. The import process is.

Quicken seemed to be the odds-on favorite to gain traction with many previous Money users. Quicken isn't a bad option, but it was a step backwards for most Money users. When the Money death bell rang at Microsoft, Intuit quickly began working on an improved import feature for Money users. After all, it's not every day that your chief competitor calls it quits. With the release of Quicken 2010, the full import functionality was (supposedly) implemented. I have never tested it myself, but I would guess that it (mostly) works as advertised, and switching to Quicken was likely a palatable option for many users. We also have the option of just starting from scratch, with a different finance package, but there won't be support for importing Money data. There are a few open-source and free options available as well, but (again) those do not import Money data directly, requiring instead that the user 'export' the data and then 'import' into the new software (which mostly doesn't work).

How To Import Into Quicken

When converting to a Microsoft Money from Intuit Quicken, file you may find that stock price histories do not import. In Quicken, it is not mandatory to have a symbol when creating a new investment. This is similar to MS Money. However, the conversion mechanism for Microsoft Money does not import Quicken histories where there is no stock symbol. But now you want to switch to Quicken. The process isn't straightforward or without data loss, but it is possible. First you have to download Intuit's Microsoft Money to Quicken converter.

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Perhaps it would be better to just dump Money and get it over with, going through the pain of a transition rather than implementing a fix. My opinion was (and still is) that keeping Money alive for as long as possible is a better option. Which of the new-breed software packages will thrive and grow, and which will bite the dust? I have no idea, but I do know that I don't want to be a guinea pig, or lose all my past data.