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I did not import the most current data file..now what do I do? Ralph 02-16-2007
Posted by Ralph on February 17, 2007, 9:05 pm
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 Hello,
I am the original poster. Those of you who have written: Thank you
for taking the time to help me! ; )

Han wrote:
"I am assuming you used to run an older version fo Quicken on
computer
"old", and now have Q06 on computer "new". Be warned that the new
user
version has limited capabilities or life span. It's goning to cost
to
get "basic", "deluxe", "premier", or Home and business. "

You are exactly correct. In fact, I intended to continue using Q04
Deluxe. I copied Q04 Deluxe onto "new" computer. But when I ran
Quicken, Q06 Trial Version took over. No problem. I will likely
upgrade.

"Just make a copy of all the data files that belong together from the
most
recent version of the qdf file and its brothers on computer "old".
That
means the main qdf extensioned file (with whatever name you gave it,
often mydata.qdf) as well as the 3-5 other files with the same name
and
different extensions. Then copy those files to a different location
on
computer "new", different from the location you have already chosen
for
the file set you have now on "new". Maybe you want to give the files
a
different name (but keep the extensions as they are).


Finally double click on the qdf file you really want to start Quicken
06
and have it convert the data from your older version. "

I will give that a try. Again, thanks to everyone!




Posted by Ralph on February 20, 2007, 6:34 pm
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> Hello,
> I am the original poster. Those of you who have written: Thank you
> for taking the time to help me! ; )
>
> Han wrote:
>
> "I am assuming you used to run an older version fo Quicken on
> computer
> "old", and now have Q06 on computer "new". Be warned that the new
> user
> version has limited capabilities or life span. It's goning to cost
> to
> get "basic", "deluxe", "premier", or Home and business. "
>
> You are exactly correct. In fact, I intended to continue using Q04
> Deluxe. I copied Q04 Deluxe onto "new" computer. But when I ran
> Quicken, Q06 Trial Version took over. No problem. I will likely
> upgrade.
>
> "Just make a copy of all the data files that belong together from the
> most
> recent version of the qdf file and its brothers on computer "old".
> That
> means the main qdf extensioned file (with whatever name you gave it,
> often mydata.qdf) as well as the 3-5 other files with the same name
> and
> different extensions. Then copy those files to a different location
> on
> computer "new", different from the location you have already chosen
> for
> the file set you have now on "new". Maybe you want to give the files
> a
> different name (but keep the extensions as they are).
>
> Finally double click on the qdf file you really want to start Quicken
> 06
> and have it convert the data from your older version. "
>
> I will give that a try. Again, thanks to everyone!

Well, I tried the above advice. I located a more recent copy of my
data. I restarted Quicken, opened the file, selected it, and the
program automatically converted the data....but when I looked at my
registers, the data is exactly the same!

When I click on "File" in the drop down menu, I can see the file name
and location. So I can verify that I am accessing a different file.
But if the file is different, why is the data in my register exactly
the same, including the balance in the accounts? Why does the program
appear to be not accessing the different file/data? : (



Posted by Han on February 20, 2007, 8:37 pm
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(previous parts snipped)

@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

> Well, I tried the above advice. I located a more recent copy of my
> data. I restarted Quicken, opened the file, selected it, and the
> program automatically converted the data....but when I looked at my
> registers, the data is exactly the same!
>
> When I click on "File" in the drop down menu, I can see the file name
> and location. So I can verify that I am accessing a different file.
> But if the file is different, why is the data in my register exactly
> the same, including the balance in the accounts? Why does the program
> appear to be not accessing the different file/data? : (
>
I can only surmise you have overwriteen the data before.

Try making a scheme where you include the date in the folder name. Newer Q
(2006 and up, I believe) can append the date automagically.

--
Best regards
Han
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Posted by DP on February 21, 2007, 9:50 pm
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I forget the OP. Are you using Vista?
The reason I ask is because I came across a problem similar to yours though
different when using RC1 version of Vista (if you don't know that is, it's
kind of like a beta version but closer to the final version released to
market).
I wrote about it in this forum if you care to search for it.
Basically, the problem is that it wasn't showing recent updates I'd made to
the file in a non-Vista version of Windows.
That's not the same as the problem you're having, but I thought I'd bring it
up just to throw out all possibilities.
I think Han may be closer to the mark, though. You probably overwrote
without knowing it.




> Well, I tried the above advice. I located a more recent copy of my
> data. I restarted Quicken, opened the file, selected it, and the
> program automatically converted the data....but when I looked at my
> registers, the data is exactly the same!
>
> When I click on "File" in the drop down menu, I can see the file name
> and location. So I can verify that I am accessing a different file.
> But if the file is different, why is the data in my register exactly
> the same, including the balance in the accounts? Why does the program
> appear to be not accessing the different file/data? : (
>
>



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