Money: Deleting Money from Your Hard Disk
  
PSS ID Number: Q161744
Article last modified on 08-18-1998
 
WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98,99
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Money 99
 - Microsoft Money 98
 - Microsoft Money version 5.0 for Windows 95
 - Microsoft Money versions 4.0 and 4.0a for Windows 95
 - Microsoft Money versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0
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SUMMARY
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This article discusses how to delete Money from your system.
 
Money versions 3.0a and later contain a maintenance program, activated
by running Setup. In Maintenance Mode, there is a Remove All option,
which is the recommended way to completely remove Microsoft Money from
your hard disk.
 
Money versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 can be removed manually. Steps are
listed at the end of this article.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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To delete Money, use the appropriate method for your version of Money.
 
MONEY 3.0a AND LATER
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With version 3.0a or later, run Money Setup in Maintenance Mode by
following these steps:
 
1. Insert Disk 1 or the Money CD-ROM into the appropriate drive.
 
2. In Windows 95/98, click the Start button. In Windows 3.1, click the
   File menu in Program Manager.
 
3. Click Run.
 
4. On the command line, type
 
      <drive>:\setup
 
   where <drive> is the letter associated with your disk drive,
   then press ENTER. For example, if the drive letter associated with
   your drive is drive A, you would type "a:\setup" (without the
   quotation marks.
 
   Once the program is running, you have several choices, including
   Reinstall, Remove All, and Exit Setup.
 
5. Click Remove All if you want to delete Microsoft Money from your
   hard disk.
 
Setup will now delete Money from your hard disk.
 
VERSIONS OF MONEY EARLIER THAN 3.0a
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To remove versions of Microsoft Money earlier than 3.0a from your hard
disk, delete the Msmoney folder, the Msmoney .wav files, the Money program
group, and any lines pertaining to Money in the Win.ini file, as follows.
 
Deleting Money from Your Hard Disk
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To delete Money from your hard disk, follow these steps:
 
1. In Windows 3.x, open File Manager from the Main group.
 
   In Windows 95/98, click the Start menu, point to Programs, and
   click Explorer.
 
2. Click to select the Msmoney folder.
 
3. Press DELETE on your keyboard.
 
4. In Windows 3.x, confirm the deletion of the files and
   subdirectory (folders) by clicking OK and then Yes To All.
 
   In Windows 95/98, confirm the deletion of the files and
   subdirectory by click Yes and then Yes To All.
 
5. Click the Windows folder.
 
6. Click Cointbl.wav to select it.
 
7. Press DELETE on the keyboard.
 
8. Confirm the deletion of the file by clicking OK or Yes.
 
9. Repeat steps 6-8 for the file Kerchunk.wav in the Windows folder.
 
Removing Entries from Win.ini
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To remove Money entries from the Win.ini file, follow these steps:
 
1. Back up the Win.ini file.
 
   In Windows 3.x, follow these steps:
 
    a. Click Win.ini in the Windows folder.
 
    b. From the File menu, click Copy.
 
    c. In the To box, type the filename:
 
          Winini.old
 
    d. Click OK.
 
   For Windows 95/98, follow these steps:
 
    a. Highlight the Win.ini file in the Windows directory.
 
    b. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 
    c. On the Edit menu, click Paste. A file called Copy Of Win.ini
       is created.
 
2. Use a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad, to edit the Win.ini
   file. You need to remove the following lines:
 
      mny=c:\msmoney\msmoney.exe ^.mny
      bak=c:\msmoney\msmoney.exe ^.mny
 
      [Microsoft Money]
      progdir=c:\msmoney
 
      MoneyTransactionEntry=c:\windows\kerchunk.wav, Money
      Transaction Entry
 
      [MNYESRV]
      InitModem=
 
Removing the Money Program Group
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The Money group may be named Microsoft Money or Solutions Series. To
remove the Money icons and the program group, follow these steps:
 
1. In Windows 3.x:
 
    a. If the Money program group is open, minimize the Money
       program group.
 
    b. Select the minimized Money group with a single mouse click.
 
    c. On the File menu, click Delete.
 
    d. Confirm the deletion of this group by clicking Yes.
 
2. In Windows 95/98:
 
    a. Click the Start menu.
 
    b. Press ALT+ENTER (on the keyboard) to open the Taskbar
       Properties dialog box.
 
    c. On the Start Menu Programs tab, click Remove.
 
    d. Click the Money group folder.
 
    e. Click Remove.
 
    f. Confirm the deletion by clicking Yes.
 
Additional query words: w_money 97 6.0 7.0 planet
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Keywords          : kbdta
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98,99
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto
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