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Well it is good to know you can still try to select just one and not lose the others. I don't know what is causing the Whoops error, hopefully it is just temporary. The other error I got all the time before they bumped up the limit on the number of stocks to 250. But if you got that particular error on an account with less than 250 and renamed it to something unique than it is likely not generated due to any limits you are running into.

One thing you could try is, if possible, create a new account in the old portfolio manager and add 2-3 currently traded stocks that you are able to retrieve quotes from on the new MSN such as GOOG, FB, MSFT, etc. and then try to import it.

If it fails, it is likely that the errors you are getting have nothing to do with your accounts.

If it imports, it may indicate that one or more of your stocks in your other accounts are causing it to fail. If this is the case, you could try deleting all stocks in those other accounts that 1) Have 0 quantities, 2) Ones you are no longer able to pull up a quote for at the new MSN.

Thanks for the quick reply! That's what I thought regarding the 250 limit. None of my individual lists/accounts had anywhere close to 250. I just couldn't figure out why I was having issues migrating... and in going back over the instructions, I started to think well, damn, maybe they meant 250 limit for ALL entries. Good to know that's not the case I guess, but with the deadline looming, I'm still unable to migrate my lists/accounts over, and I can't figure out why... 

I just tried to select only my most important accounts/lists (leaving 4 or 5 lists/accounts previously checked, deselected this time) and then clicked "Continue". As with past attempts, the "Migrating!" window pops up and the circular dots continually spin while the window refreshes every couple of seconds, leaving me to believe that the accounts are indeed migrating over. After 5-10 minutes of this, I'm met with an error. I even tried to just migrate one small account. I selected only 1 folder (with just 40 stock entries in it) renamed it and left all other accounts/lists unchecked and clicked "Continue" to initiate the migration, but it failed...

I keep getting one of two errors:

Whoops!

We can't show you this right now. We'll get it fixed soon.

2014-12-22T05:33:27.7342781+00:00

4aec8275-290b-450a-a1d7-ac9f6148742b

or this error:

There was a problem migrating your watchlists. Please try again in few minutes.

Those that can pull up the old PM are ahead of me.  Have not had it for two weeks.  I don't have a lot of entries but cannot do anything.  Just "OUT OF LUCK"!!!!!!!  Not happy but MSN will not listen nor do anything to help, so...........

Hey, Carol. Try logging in to MSN Money, and when logged in go to: http://moneycentral.msn.com/stock\_portfolio

 I then scroll down so the next 8 show and hit Ctrl-Shift-F11 and it autocaptures the next 8 and adds them to the chain of captures.  Repeat until you have all 48.  Then go to each capture, hit Ctrl-C, switch to excel or word (I placed a portfolio in a separate excel worksheet) and hit Ctrl -V.  Do this 6 times and you're done.  Thanks, Microsoft!

I've been joyfully spending the weekend doing it the medieval way - writing each transaction by hand. Hey, at least it's all in one place now! Thanks, Microsoft!

Essentially, yes, because a common code base is easier and cheaper to maintain.  Unfortunately, using standards that all platforms subscribe to doesn't usually lead to the best user experience, and in this case, it was exacerbated by what appears to be woeful project management.

Hey - maybe it's the same folks who gave us Windows 8.1!