2007 Setup Problem

Posted by Bob Newmam on July 1, 2007, 7:11 am

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I bought/intstalled/registered Q 2007, even imported all my old data okay
and it works fine. However... everytime I start the program it does not
remember the data file, it goes to the "Welcome to Quicken 2007 Get started
with Quicken screen. It asks me if I'm a new or existing user etc. as
though it's the 1st time is program has been run! How do I get it to stop
this & behave normally? (There is not even one of those boxes "don't show
this at startup" choices).

Help please... Bob

Posted by R. C. White on July 1, 2007, 11:26 am

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Hi, Bob.

During the Vista beta last year, I had to install Quicken all over again a
dozen or more times. I finally figured out a few techniques. ;<)

One is to bail out of Quicken Setup just before the end. When it offers
"Finish", with the "Start Quicken now" choice already checked, I hit the big
"X" to exit the program. Then I just navigate to my .qdf file and click
that. It starts Q with that file loaded, and that file becomes the default
for the future.

Even now, after having run it several times, you should be able to click on
your .qdf file and get the same result - I think.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)

>I bought/intstalled/registered Q 2007, even imported all my old data okay

>and it works fine. However... everytime I start the program it does not

>remember the data file, it goes to the "Welcome to Quicken 2007 Get started

>with Quicken screen. It asks me if I'm a new or existing user etc. as

>though it's the 1st time is program has been run! How do I get it to stop

>this & behave normally? (There is not even one of those boxes "don't show

>this at startup" choices).

> Help please... Bob

Posted by Bob Newmam on July 1, 2007, 9:03 pm

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If they can't get it right it sounds to me like their 60 day money back
policy should be taken advantage of.

Bob

> Hi, Bob.

> During the Vista beta last year, I had to install Quicken all over again a

> dozen or more times. I finally figured out a few techniques. ;<)

> One is to bail out of Quicken Setup just before the end. When it offers

> "Finish", with the "Start Quicken now" choice already checked, I hit the

> big "X" to exit the program. Then I just navigate to my .qdf file and

> click that. It starts Q with that file loaded, and that file becomes the

> default for the future.

> Even now, after having run it several times, you should be able to click

> on your .qdf file and get the same result - I think.

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> (Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)

>>I bought/intstalled/registered Q 2007, even imported all my old data okay

>>and it works fine. However... everytime I start the program it does not

>>remember the data file, it goes to the "Welcome to Quicken 2007 Get

>>started with Quicken screen. It asks me if I'm a new or existing user

>>etc. as though it's the 1st time is program has been run! How do I get it

>>to stop this & behave normally? (There is not even one of those boxes

>>"don't show this at startup" choices).

>> Help please... Bob