Microsoft Money 2007 data file
File type: Accounting, financial and tax file
The .m16 file extension identifies a backup data file created by Microsoft Money. It contains an unconverted copy of a Money data file.
File type category:
Accounting, financial and tax file
Date updated: November 4, 2026
Microsoft Money was personal finance management software developed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft discontinued the product in 2010, and it is no longer supported.
Microsoft Money creates files with extensions from .mn1 through .m16 when a newer version is installed and an existing data file is converted. The extension identifies the version in which the backup was last used. An .m16 file is therefore a backup of the unconverted data file from the conversion process.
These backup files are not required for Money to run. They should be retained until it is certain that reverting to an older version of Money will not be necessary. Only these backup files can be opened in the previous version of Money; the mny cannot be opened there in the same way.
Open an .m16 file with the compatible previous version of Microsoft Money on Microsoft Windows. In practice, it is a backup created during conversion, rather than the file normally used by the current Money installation.
There is no known direct converter for the .m16 file format. If a compatible version of Microsoft Money opens the backup, use that version's available export features to create a supported interchange file.
Software applications that can open m16 files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create m16 files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving m16 files:
Microsoft Windows
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