Portfolio disappears after you upgrade MSN Money

1. In MSN Money Investing, click Home.
2. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
3. In the Named box, type the following line, and then click Find Now:

   *.mny

   *.mbf

4. In the list of found files, note the location of the following files on your hard disk:
   
   

   File name	Description
   My Portfolio#.mny	A Money or Portfolio data file
   *.mbf	A Money or Portfolio backup file

   
   
   Note When you search for the files that are listed in the table, if the found files do not show a file name extension, such as .mny, .mbf, or .bak, in the file name, you must configure your computer to show "extensions" For information about how to configure your computer to show extensions, see the "Steps to Verify That Extension Are Set to Viewable" section.
5. Close the Find: Files window.
6. Try to restore any .mny or .mbf files that are found if the date and the name of the file appear to be appropriate to the last time that you accessed your data.
   
   For more information about backing up and restoring your MSN Money files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   164062 How to back up or restore MSN Money Portfolio data

7. Open MSN Money Investing, and then click Portfolio.
8. In Portfolio Manager, click More, click File options, and then click Restore Backup.
9. In the File name box, type the file name that matches the first file that was found in step 4.
10. In the Look in box, locate that file, and then click Open.
11. If you do not see the portfolio that you want in Portfolio Manager, repeat steps 7 through 9 for each one of the MSN Money Investing files that were found in step 4.
    
    Note Every time that you restore a portfolio file, MSN Money Investing replaces the current portfolio in Portfolio Manager.
12. When you find the portfolio that you want to use, click MSN Money Investing on the navigation bar to quit Portfolio Manager and save the current portfolio as the default file.
    
    Note This procedure updates or replaces the existing default file on your computer. When you click Refresh on your Web browser, the data file is updated with any changes that you may have entered.
13. Click Portfolio on the navigation bar to return to Portfolio Manager.
14. Back up your portfolio now.
    
    To back up your portfolio, follow these steps:
    1. Click More, click File options, and then click Back up.
    2. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to back up your MSN Money Portfolio files.
    For more information about how to perform this task in MSN Money Investing, see the "Backup your portfolio" topic in MSN Money Help.

Verify that extensions are set to Viewable

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Appearance and Personalization, and then click Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Click to clear the Hide File Extensions for known file types check box.
4. Click OK.

1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
2. On the View menu, click Folder Options. In Microsoft Windows, click Options.
3. Click the View tab.
4. Click to clear the Hide File Extensions for known file types check box. In Windows, click the Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that are registered check box.
5. Click OK.