Backup/ Restore FAQ
1. How to take Backup of my data via WinMoney?
- Close all forms,
- Follow menu path System -> Backup,
- Select the backup drive by clicking on combobox (Text box with black arrow) below Backup To
- Select folder from tree below drive combobox
- Click on custom in case you want to take backup of custom folder (containing customized bill formats & reports)
- Click on backup, it will show the file (MoneyDDMMYY i.e.
Money151002.MDB for date 15/10/02) which is being copied to backup
folder,
- Click ok, message will come that backup complete, click ok.
This back up will contain the full data upto date. This data cannot be
viewed by you (if you double click on backup file, system will prompt for
password). To view the data you will have to restore & see.
2. How to take Backup of my data via windows ?
- Close Program
- Go to My computer
- Locate folder to be copied - where your data is there.
- Copy the folder (Yellow color folder in explorer)
- Goto the drive/ folder where you want to take backup
- Right click in empty space in explorer & paste
Your data will be copied in backup folder or drive, which you can verify double
clicking on Money.exe (File with icon book).
3.How to Restore data via WinMoney ?
- Close all forms
- Follow menu path System -> Restore
- Select the drive by selecting arrow below restore from
- Select folder where backup is stored
- In case of multiple folder please make sure that backup file name matches
with folder id
- System will show available backups below file tree
- Select backup file (MoneyDDMMYY i.e. Money151002.mdb
for date 15/10/02)
- Click on restore, it will show the file
which is restoring to program, click ok, message will come that restore
over, click ok.
- If your backup is of old version then program will
close and come out to Windows. Restart program.
4.How to Restore data from specific drive,
folder?
- Close Program
- Go to My computer
- Locate folder by following the procedure of locate winmoney folder
- Copy the folder (Yellow color folder in explorer)
- Goto the drive/ folder where you want to restore
- Right
click in empty space in explorer & paste
- In case of existing data system will prompt you before overwriting the
data.
- Now you can double click on Money Icon, the system will start with restored data
5. How to delete old backups ?
Select system -> Check Files, system will show list of all "winMoney" data files.
To delete select any of the file and then press delete or double click.
In case during this if there is any problem delete via windows by following method.
>
- Click on Start
- Search
- Files & Folders
- Named - Money*.mdb
- Look in select (Local Hard drives c:d:e:)
- System will show available backups or money folders in search result window
- Delete unwanted backups or data by pressing delete key
6. Backup failure.
During backup if system gives error then follow the procedure below
- Look for a file (via start -> find file) scrrun.dll on hard disk and find the directory where
it is lying.
- UnRegister this control by giving following command in
Start -> Run Regsvr32 /u \scrrun.dll
- System will display scrrun.dll unregister succeeded
- Delete this file.
7. Multiple folder backup.
In case of multiple folders (due to different companies or different financial year) on the same
system, it is required to identify the backup with Backup Date as well
as Folder Id.
How to set the folder id
- Goto system -> Set system parameters.
- Enter 2 character folder id
- Click OK
- System will prompt with user path set
- When you restart the system folder Id will be shown in WinMoney Status bar
After this backup with created with folder id
prefix e.g. MoneyAB120104 where "AB" is folder id.
8. Backup of custom folder.
Custom folder consist of
report/ barcode templates made specifically for the customer, these
files are not backuped automatically during backup.
User will have to specifically
check custom folder check box during backup stage. This checking in
will create a folder name Custome120104 where 120104 is system date.
9. Backup on CD writer fails.
For direct backup to CD writer, CD writer must be open in direct mode (preferably with
rewritable CD). You can check direct mode by adding or removing files
via Windows explorer. One the CD writer is in Direct mode, WinMoney
will backup to writer without any problem.
In some cases full CD write
software is not installed, leading to disabling of direct mode write on
CD. Please ensure that complete software is installed from hardware
vendor.