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Posted by R. C. White on June 5, 2007, 10:20 am
Please log in for more thread options Hi, Bill.
I'm glad we could help. In a newsgroup, we all learn one day, then teach
the next day. For the benefit of others with similar problems and
questions, could you tell us what you learned about Quicken's behavior?
And be sure to mention whether you are using WinXP or Vista or some other
operating system.
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)
>
>>Hi R. C.
>>
>>Just fyi...I am in the process of migrating to a new laptop. I did a
>>clean
>>install of Q2007P without overriding any of the install paths on my new
>>laptop. I am running Vista Ultimate. The install created a Quicken
>>folder
>>(not QuickenW) and when I set-up a TEST data file it ended up under >
>>Users
>> > MY PROFILE > Documents > Quicken. I thought this was a strange place
>> > to
>>place the files, but this is where copied my data files from my old
>>laptop.
>>
>>> Hi, Bill.
>>>
>>> You didn't tell us which operating system you are using, so I'm assuming
>>> WinXP Pro. Also, I'm assuming all default settings for Quicken. I'm
>>> using Quicken 2007 Basic in Vista Ultimate x64, so my screens will be
>>> slightly different from yours.
>>>
>>> I'm not entirely clear on just what you are asking. But all versions of
>>> Quicken for at least several years have, by default, stored the current
>>> Quicken "file" right in the QuickenW folder; if you've changed the
>>> default
>>> location, you'll need to tell us about that. (What Quicken calls a
>>> "file"
>>> is actually a set of related files including *.qdf, plus some others
>>> that
>>> vary depending on how YOU use Quicken - but you probably knew all that.)
>>>
>>> In other words, your BILL.QDF file is probably in C:Program
>>> FilesQuickenWBILL.QDF, and the related BILL.* files are there, too.
>>> In
>>> addition to any backups that you may have made and put elsewhere, there
>>> should be a C:Program FilesQuickenWBACKUP folder and that should list
>>> 5
>>> sets of backups, dated a week apart, starting no more than a week ago
>>> and
>>> working backwards. Manual backups, of course, were put wherever YOU
>>> decided, so we can't help you there.
>>>
>>> You should be able to browse to your latest good backup and Restore
>>> that.
>>> Please don't use File | Open for that backup, because Quicken will
>>> immediately change the file as it loads, making it unreliable as a
>>> backup
>>> for the future. You might want to Restore an older backup first, just
>>> to
>>> make sure that Quicken works properly with that. When you are
>>> reasonably
>>> sure that any downloading problems are cleared up in that earlier file,
>>> you can restore your latest file to see if the problems have cleared
>>> there, too. I don't download transactions, so I can't help much with
>>> your
>>> specific problem, but there are others here who know a lot more about
>>> that
>>> and I'm sure some of them will chime in.
>>>
>>> RC
>>>
>>>>I had [have] a problem dowloading transactions. In attempting to clear
>>>> this problem I screwed up the access to the current data base. Could
>>>> someone provide me with the routing to the correct data base [file] in
>>>> Quicken2005 DeLuxe. I think I'm using the backup file for my current
>>>> transactions. I'm afraid I'll lose all my data if I mess it up
>>>> further. Thanks, Bill
>
> With he help of some knowledgable people, I managed to get my problem
> cleared. Thanks to all that replied. Bill
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