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MYOB keeps moving! Just when you think you know where you left it, MYOB gets up and moves - which can cause a big problem with the backup of your data.

When MYOB releases a major version update, it installs itself into a new
folder named with its version number (C:\MYOB 18, C:\PREMIER 12), rather
than upgrading the existing installation instead. Some clients have a
dozen installations of MYOB they don't use anymore that are taking up
space - but that's not the real problem.

During the upgrade process, unless you specify otherwise, MYOB moves
your data file to a new location! MYOB wants to keep your data in its
own 'program files' folder, along with various letters, forms and
templates and automatically moves them to the new location. This is
unlike other application such as Quickbooks which let you specify where
you want to keep your data file ("C:\My Documents\Quickbooks" for instance) and then it
leaves it there forever.

What this means for you is that your backup of MYOB needs to
reconfigured and checked every time you install a version upgrade to
ensure that it is being captured in the correct backup set.

Backup.com.au support staff are happy to help you check that your MYOB
is being backed-up successfully.

If you are in any doubt, call 1300 BACKUP.