[GNC] Starting from scratch

[Clint Chaplin]

MYM2QIF doesn't seem to exist any more.  I went to the web site for the
program, but when I attempt to download it, I get a 404 error.
MYM2QIFW does exist, but only works on the Windows version of MYM, which I
do not have, and in addition is limited functionality unless registered.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM Elliot Graham <elliotgraham94 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mym2qif springs to mind as an option?
>
> Surely for your investments you just need your average cost basis and
> number of units? Unless you’re holding a weird approach to capital gains
> for tax purposes (ie first in last out)
>
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 at 21:48, Clint Chaplin <joatmon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The legacy MS product is Windows.  Started with WfW 3.11, but eventually
>> switched to WinXP to run DOS based stuff.
>>
>> The legacy financial program is Managing Your Money 12.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM Mark at Lorimark <
>> mark at lorimarksolutions.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Clint, let me know if you would like some help.  Depending on the legacy
>> > MS product you referenced there may be different paths to getting your
>> > data out.  The csv files can be useful.
>> >
>> > ~mark petryk
>> > ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com
>> > ~q:i don't know where it's going to go,
>> >      ...and i don't know what to wear when it gets there.
>> >
>> > On 4/28/26 09:58, Clint Chaplin wrote:
>> > > I'm currently using two financial programs, really old financial
>> > programs.
>> > >
>> > > One of the programs crashes when attempting to generate even the
>> > > smallest report; it had issues in the original operating system, which
>> > > got magnified when I moved it to a more modern OS.  In addition, it
>> has
>> > > a hard stop this year; it is incapable of handling 2027 and beyond
>> > > (legacy of a decision made n the earliest days by Microsoft)
>> > >
>> > > The other program?  It actually can generate reports, including CSV
>> > > reports.  I guess I need to play with the output to see if GnuCash can
>> > > deal with it.  I'll go looking for the GnuCash import documentation.
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 2:40 PM Mark at Lorimark
>> > > <mark at lorimarksolutions.com <mailto:mark at lorimarksolutions.com>>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >     Hi Clint,
>> > >
>> > >     I'm curious what you mean by 'incapable of exporting' ?  Is there
>> _no
>> > >     way_ to get to the data?
>> > >
>> > >     (I'm a programmer and I'm curious about your situation)
>> > >
>> > >     ~mark petryk
>> > >     ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com <
>> > http://www.lorimarksolutions.com>
>> > >     ~q:i don't know where it's going to go,
>> > >           ...and i don't know what to wear when it gets there.
>> > >
>> > >     On 4/27/26 10:12, Clint Chaplin wrote:
>> > >      > Hi, (soon to be) new user here.  I have almost 40 years of
>> > >     transactions, in
>> > >      > programs that are incapable of exporting, so I'll have to start
>> > >     entering
>> > >      > them in manually.
>> > >      >
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