MSN Money Stock Quotes for Excel

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MSN Money Stock Quotes for Excel

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I've just switched computers and am trying to find the above titled Excel add in. A bit of Googling leads me to believe Microsoft is no longer hosting this file.
Does anyone have it or can point me to it?

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Shelby, when I click on DOWNLOAD it says "The page you requested cannot be found".
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I recently ran into this issue when upgrading to Windows 7 and Office 2010. As far as I can tell the MSN Excel Add-in has been removed from online. Turns out I had saved a downloaded copy from before so I was able to install it.

The add-in worked for a spreadsheet in "compatibility mode" (.xls) but not for the same spreadsheet when saved in 2010 mode (.xlsx). So I just kept the spreadsheet in the old mode and everything is fine and as before.

I suspect that the add-in was removed from online because it is now incompatible with Office 2010.
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The add-in is gone, because this functionality is built into Excel 2010. I don't know if it exists in 2007. For Excel 2010

1. Click the Data tab
2. Click Connections right below Data
3. Click Add
4. MSN MoneyCentral Investor Stock Quotes
5. Click Properties
6. Definition
7. Parameters
8. Use the following Value
9. Enter your Symbols separated by commas 'VTI,VXUS,BND' etc.
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LifeIsGood wrote:Shelby, when I click on DOWNLOAD it says "The page you requested cannot be found".
There is a link further down the page authored by "jack"
The link is: http://am.net/lib/TOOLS/Microsoft/Office/
The file you are looking for is: msnsq.exe

Direct download is here:
http://am.net/lib/TOOLS/Microsoft/Office/msnsq.exe
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Not directly related to the MSN stock tools, but...

I use something developed by Randy Harmelink. Quick search on the excel function RCHGetElementNumber will you land you on his yahoo groups page.
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Thanks all. I not only downloaded and installed it but save the file for future use if necessary.
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Do they make a program for open source excel that works?
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Does anyone else have a problem pulling in quotes for VXUS from MSN? All the other quotes work, but this one doesnt.
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rustymutt wrote:Do they make a program for open source excel that works?
If you are referring to the OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet, you can download the GetQuote extension.

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CyberBob wrote:
rustymutt wrote:Do they make a program for open source excel that works?
If you are referring to the OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet, you can download the GetQuote extension.

Bob
Thanks Bob, that's the one.
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Re: MSN Money Stock Quotes for Excel

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There is a link further down the page authored by "jack"
The link is: http://am.net/lib/TOOLS/Microsoft/Office/
The file you are looking for is: msnsq.exe

Direct download is here:
http://am.net/lib/TOOLS/Microsoft/Office/msnsq.exe
68ShelbyGT500KR posted this accurate and useful information back in May. I have just downloaded the msnsq.exe file and installed it in Excel 2010 (under Windows7 X64).

Unfortunately, when I tried to start it the first time, it reported an error in the initial Javascript dialog script. Can someone please tell me where to report this error so as to get technical support?
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you can also try Google Docs, I still use built-in option in Excel for my AA but am now moving to Goggle Docs, it does the same thing and can now uninstall excel on my home computer.
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I think Microsoft quit supporting this add in long ago. That's part of the reason that the file is so hard to track down. Could the 64 bit Windows be the problem?
hershmab wrote:
There is a link further down the page authored by "jack"
The link is: http://am.net/lib/TOOLS/Microsoft/Office/
The file you are looking for is: msnsq.exe

Direct download is here:
http://am.net/lib/TOOLS/Microsoft/Office/msnsq.exe
68ShelbyGT500KR posted this accurate and useful information back in May. I have just downloaded the msnsq.exe file and installed it in Excel 2010 (under Windows7 X64).

Unfortunately, when I tried to start it the first time, it reported an error in the initial Javascript dialog script. Can someone please tell me where to report this error so as to get technical support?
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I just set this up and it seems to be working:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/670 ... #_comments

Its a little hard to understand how to set up from their site.
1) download and install the add on
2) go to the options area in excel, addons
3) on the bottom you'll see "add ons" go, if you dont see paragostocksquotefunctions and userinterface, you need to click 'automation' and add them.

Then you can use =PSQ(A2) to get the current price etc..

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Lente wrote:Not directly related to the MSN stock tools, but...

I use something developed by Randy Harmelink. Quick search on the excel function RCHGetElementNumber will you land you on his yahoo groups page.
The tool is called smf_addin, see smf_addin : EXCEL Stock Market Functions Add-in
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