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Posted by John Pollard on May 16, 2007, 5:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options rezanderson@starband.net wrote:
> wrote:
>> Laura wrote:
>>>> I have a new computer using Vista. Is there a way to
>>>> install 2 versions of Quicken on the same hard drive
>>>> but in to 2 different directories? (When I try to, the
>>>> system wants to wipe out the old with the new). It's a
>>>> long story but I want to keep my own accounting running
>>>> on Quicken 98 (!) but do a client's accounting on
>>>> Quicken 2005. The Quicken 98 seems to have installed
>>>> successfully but
>>>> during installation of Quicken 2005 it doesn't give me
>>>> the chance to select an alternate directory -- it
>>>> simply warns that the old version will be
>>>> removed/written over.
>>
>>>> Thank you very much.
>>> This was posted by John Pollard back in Febuary:
>>
>>> you can install a new version of Quicken without ever
>>> having the older version removed.
>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yvb7pt
>>
>> I probably should have put a qualifier in the post you're
>> quoting from.
>>
>> The option to avoid the uninstall is intended for those
>> versions of Quicken that go out of their way to find old
>> versions and uninstall them: that approach began with
>> Q2006. The CTRL+SHIFT won't do anything for older
>> versions.
>>
>> But older versions don't need the option because they
>> will only uninstall a version of Quicken that is in the
>> directory they are being installed to.
>>
>> The key to keeping any already-installed Quicken
>> versions when installing a pre-Q2006 version, is to do a
>> "Custom Install" and choose to install to a folder where
>> there is no existing Quicken version.
>>
>> --
>> John Pollard
>> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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> Sorry -- this doesn't work. If I choose "Custom Install"
> on my Quicken 2005 -- it immediately goes to a screen
> that says it is going to remove the older version. There
> is NO opportunity to choose a different installation
> folder.
I think you're either misinterpreting what you see, or you have
a faulty CD (or do you have a CD?). I tested this specifically
with Q2005 just before I posted what you're replying to and I
was very definitely given the opportunity to Browse to a new
installation folder when I chose Custom Install. The custom
install has existed for every version of Quicken I have owned,
and it has always permitted choosing the folder to install to.
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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