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Data file location Steve 07-10-2007
Posted by Steve on July 11, 2007, 10:04 am
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Thanks John, looks like it's working ok now. For some reason, the
first couple times it was not saving files back to the folder where
they were opened, everything was being sent to desktop...



>I'm not sure I'm following this.
>
>You originally asked about (effectively) "moving" a Quicken file
>from one location to another. I'm not sure how converting files
>fits into that scenerio.
>
>But, if you "restore" a Quicken backup, it will be restored into
>the folder where the currently open Quicken data file resides.
>If you have opened a data file that is on your desktop (and
>possibly if you have no file open at all), you may see files
>"restored" to your desktop.
>
>> Possibly another problem - I don't want the backups in the
>> same
>> location as the primary data file, not sure how this affects
>> the above
>> procedure...
>
>The procedure I outlined really has nothing to do with "backups"
>(that's why I kept putting "backup" in quotes).
>
>A Quicken backup is nothing more than an exact duplicate of the
>file being backed up. The process I described could be
>described alternatively as: copy the old file to the new
>location, open the file in the new location, delete the old
>file.


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