On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:43:42 -0700, Justin Thyme <abuse@localhost.com>
wrote:
>On 5 Jun 2012 09:22:01 -0500, "Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I've had Microsoft Works on every computer since '95.
>>Worked on Win95, 98, 98 SE, XP, Vista. No problems.
>>About a week ago a notice of MS update appeared, same
>>as I usually get when Bill Gates updates Vista. I click
>>Install and go about my business. Couple of days later I
>>go to open Works to update my Bills Paid data base
>>and........new version of Works.
>>All my old data bases ...........gone.
>>Arrrrggggggggggggggggg
>>
>>
>I'm not familiar with M$ Money but it seems odd that the upgrade would
>delete old databases. Are you sure it hasn't simply been removed from
>the history list (or pick list)? In that case, a simple File/Open
>command would recover it. Another possibility is that the new version
>uses a new default file format, in which case there is probably an
>import function to move the old data.
>
>J. T.
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