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2 versions of Quicken on one system? rezanderson 05-16-2007
Posted by John Pollard on May 16, 2007, 5:28 pm
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John Pollard wrote:
> 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.

And before the CTRL+SHIFT override was known for Q2006, the
simple answer for those wanting to have Q2006 + an older version
installed, was to let Q2006 uninstall the older version (or
uninstall it yourself), then re-install the older version after
Q2006 was installed. Worked like a charm.

--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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Posted by rezanderson on May 17, 2007, 12:47 pm
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> John Pollard wrote:
> > 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.
>
> And before the CTRL+SHIFT override was known for Q2006, the
> simple answer for those wanting to have Q2006 + an older version
> installed, was to let Q2006 uninstall the older version (or
> uninstall it yourself), then re-install the older version after
> Q2006 was installed. Worked like a charm.
>
> --
> John Pollard
> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
> Please reply to newsgroup

Thank you so much -- you guys are awesome. I uninstalled the older
version, installed the newer, and then reinstalled the older and they
both seem to be working perfectly. Thank you for sticking with me to
solve this!

Gaylin


Posted by Arnie Goetchius on May 17, 2007, 10:08 pm
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rezanderson@starband.net wrote:
>> John Pollard wrote:
>>> 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.
>> And before the CTRL+SHIFT override was known for Q2006, the
>> simple answer for those wanting to have Q2006 + an older version
>> installed, was to let Q2006 uninstall the older version (or
>> uninstall it yourself), then re-install the older version after
>> Q2006 was installed. Worked like a charm.
>>
>> --
>> John Pollard
>> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
>> Please reply to newsgroup
>
> Thank you so much -- you guys are awesome. I uninstalled the older
> version, installed the newer, and then reinstalled the older and they
> both seem to be working perfectly. Thank you for sticking with me to
> solve this!
>
> Gaylin
>

Here's a twist on the other solutions. I have two folders: Quicken2001 and
Quicken. The first folder has Quicken 2001. (I use this as an interface with
Quicken Financial Planner (QFP) which I still use for my retirement planning as
the built-in retirement function of the current versions of Quicken is full of
@%)()(*$#.)

The second folder has the current version of Quicken - for me, Q 2007. Before Q
2007 that folder contained Q 2006. Whenever I install a new version, it looks
in
the Quicken folder and says it will uninstall whatever is there and then install
the newer version. It never touches or asks about what is in Quicken2001 which
is
fine with me.

Posted by rezanderson on May 16, 2007, 3:11 pm
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>
>
> >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

Well, I tried this suggestion (holding Control + Shift and clicking
NEXT) but it didn't work. I didn't receive the message box saying
that the installer would skip checking for uninstall. Maybe they left
this out of Quicken 2005? Boy -- I'm really disappointed now. Any
other ideas?

Gaylin


Posted by John Pollard on May 16, 2007, 1:09 pm
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rezanderson@starband.net 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.

As far as I know, every version of Quicken permits the user to
choose the directory where the program will be installed.

Choose the "Custom Install" option in the installation dialog.

--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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