Investment QIF

File Import

An unaccepted QIF transaction header was encountered. Transactions under that header have been skipped. If you were trying to import an investment QIF file from your broker, please click here for further information.

Money does not import any transactions.

Cause

Money attempts to bring QIF files in as bank files. Investment QIF files need to be handled in a different manner.

Resolution

To successfully import investment QIF files, you can change the way Windows imports files with a .qif extension. This will allow you to save the files. You can then use the Import feature in Money to import your investment information. Please refer to the More Information section for the correct way to import a saved Investment QIF file.

To change the way Windows downloads QIF files, follow these steps:

Start

Explore

2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.

3. Click the File Types tab.

4. In the Registered file types list, click Quicken Import File, and then click Edit or Advanced.

5. Select the Confirm open after download check box, and then click OK.

6. Click OK.

7. Exit Windows Explorer.

When you download a QIF file after these steps, Windows will ask you to open the file or save it to disk. For investment QIF files, choose the Save option to save the file to your hard disk or a floppy disk.

Note Changing the method Windows uses to download QIF files will affect any QIF files you download. If you download QIF files for your bank accounts, you should always choose the option to Open these files. Only chose the option to Save when importing investment QIF files.

More Information

After you save the investment QIF file, import the file into Money from its current location, and then follow these steps to import the statement information into Money 2004.

File

Import

2. Select the investment QIF file that you downloaded from your broker, and then click Import.

3. Click As a new or recovered account, and then click OK.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Note When you import a QIF file, Money 2004 may create duplicate transactions for any transactions already in the account. For information about how to remove duplicate transactions, please see "Learn about importing QIF files" in the Money 2004 online Help.

For the latest information on this error message, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: "Money Err Msg: An Unaccepted QIF Transaction Header Was Encountered" This can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q246/0/27.asp.