I have tried to go through and do up my budget properly in the My Money program. I see that this has happened to others but I can't seem to figure it out. I tried to download a patch but that hasn't solved it and I don't want to fool around with that option too much for fear of losing some serious data. This "debt" shows up in the budget even though it isn't listed (that I can see) in the Bills and Deposits list. The account has been closed but it won't actually allow me to delete it, which if I could would probably keep it out of the budget. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks again. Dan

The first step to take before attacking the "problem" that you describe, is to backup your Microsoft Money File

Have a look here:
http://money.mvps.org/faq/article/94.aspx
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After performing the above to make a secure backup copy of your budget data, you can more freely/confidently work on the problem without fear of loosing your important data if your problem-solving work creates its own problems.

More resources for backup and restore of MS Money File, here:
http://www.google.com/search?q=MS+Money+ba...lient=firefox-a

Disclaimer: I'm not a user of MS Money

Your version of MS Money has been discontinued, but plenty of resource information is available from

Microsoft (MS) Money FAQ, Help Articles and Links
http://money.mvps.org/faq/default.aspx


Changing a single occurrence of a bill or deposit
http://money.mvps.org/faq/article/599.aspx

Possibly specific to your stated problem:
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-0...l&sa=Search

The item that appears 3rd from the end of the list:
Money 2003 Support Training - Microsoft (MS) Money Help
This item is a download of:
Money2003_Support Training.doc

Hope the above resources can be of help to you.

**** Be sure to backup your present MS Money File "before" attempting any of these recommendations.
It may also be to your advantage to print out a paper copy of your work before working on any fixes.

Hi....thanks for your help. I do believe I have backed up My Money now so that is a good thing. The links that have been provided already are ones that I have previously visited, and at this point I can't seem to figure them out to fix my problem. Some of them appear to mention a "phantom budget bug" which I am guessing may be what I am describing. I downloaded one, but didn't appear to do anything. I don't know if this is a problem which can't be fixed ....but I thought I would ask here. Thanks again. Dan

Dan,

Thanks for replying,

If amongst the links that we have explored, there is an MS Money user Forum, that may be your best source.

There's a chance that one of our Techs will be familiar with your specific problem.
I'll ask around

Best Regards.