How to open a file other than the last opened file when you start Money (78021)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Money Deluxe 2006
  • Microsoft Money Premium 2006
  • Microsoft Money Small Business 2006
  • Microsoft Money Standard 2006
  • Microsoft Money 2005 Deluxe
  • Microsoft Money 2005 Premium
  • Microsoft Money 2005 Small Business
  • Microsoft Money 2005 Standard
  • Microsoft Money 2004 Deluxe
  • Microsoft Money 2004 Premium
  • Microsoft Money 2004 Small Business
  • Microsoft Money 2004 Standard
  • Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe
  • Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe and Business
  • Microsoft Money 2003 Standard
  • Microsoft Money 2002
  • Microsoft Money Deluxe 2002
  • Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe and Business Edition
  • Microsoft Money 2001
  • Microsoft Money 2000
  • Microsoft Money 2000 Business and Personal
  • Microsoft Money 99
This article was previously published under Q78021

SUMMARY

This article describes how to open a file other than the most recently used file when you start Microsoft Money.

By default, Microsoft Money opens the most recently used file that was used when you start the program.

Money stores the path of the most recently used file in the Microsoft Windows registry.

MORE INFORMATION

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

To open a file other than the most recently used file when you start Money, create a shortcut on your desktop for each file that you want to open directly. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Right-click an empty area of the Windows desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut.
  2. In the Command Line box, type the following line, and then click Next:

    drive:\folderpath\filename.mny

    In this example, drive is the drive letter of the hard disk where the Money file is located, folderpath is the folder or the set of folders where the Money file is located, and filename is the name of the Money file that you want to open directly.
  3. Click Finish.
  4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to create a shortcut for each Money file that you want to open directly.
To use a different icon for the shortcut, right-click the shortcut, and then click Properties.

On the Shortcut tab, click Change Icon, click the icon that you want to use, and then click OK two times.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/1/2005
Keywords:kbhowto KB78021
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