Delete redundant .dat files

[msandrin]

Hi Mark,

I'm surely not the first person with this question, but a long search of the FM site has not found the answer.

I've used FM for about 13 years, through several versions. Now version 12, Windows 7.

I have finally set up one portfolio with sub-portfolios for different accounts. Works fine.

The problem? Over the years I've accumulated several .dat files for the same investment, even if the investment is included in only one sub-portfolio.

For example: TD.dat; TD_1.dat;TD_2.dat.

Only one of these is the "real" one. I'd like to delete the other two to tidy up my FM folder. There are hundreds of these so I need a batch method.

I want to retain the .dat files for investments that were sold long ago and are now hidden.

I can save the .mm4 file to a temp location, wipe out the unwanted .mm4's then move the good one back, but I can't find a way to do a batch move of the .dat files that are in my one good portfolio to a temp location for the same procedure.

HELP!!

Thanks

[Mark]

Hi msandrin,

You can use the new "File / File Operations / Set Data Location..." command to do this.

[msandrin]

Jeez, Louise, Mark,

What's the matter with you?

That's twice I've posted at night, on a weekend, and received an answer within an hour!!!

There's customer service and there's customer service but this is far beyond anything a client could expect in their wildest dreams.

Now I feel guilty for posting at a time I thought the board would be unmonitored.

Your solution (of course) works. I had thought that this method would move all the files rather than just the ones in the open portfolio so I didn't even try it.

Many, many thanks for such close attention.

Mike

Now please go to bed and have sweet dreams.