[moneydance] moneydance.md file corrupt or missing. error

[Gordon Alley]

I believe you have to rename those backup files so that they end in just
“.md” before you can open them.
-Gordon

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Larry Alkoff <labradley at mindspring.com>wrote:

> When I try to open Moneydance 640 I get a message saying
> "The file 'moneydance.md' is corrupt or missing.  It can be restored
> from backup(s).  Please select one from the following."
>
> I then get a list of 3 actions to Create New, Open Existing or Import
> File.  When I exit out of this I get the message
> "ignoring invalid argument: -Xmx512m".
>
> I backed up all files on my main computer to another computer just a few
> days ago.  There is a moneydance.md file on the backup computer with the
> same date and time as the moneydance.md file on my main computer.  That
> file also gives me the same error result if I open it from the command
> line with "Moneydance moneydance.md" (a method I sometimes use to run MD
> when I am in the MD data directory).
>
> I have also tried to open older moneydance.md-2009-07-day but all files
> are giving me an error.
>
> Are my files screwed up or is something wrong with Moneydance itself?
> How to I open files like "moneydance.md-2009-07-day"?
>
> Larry Alkoff
>
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