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Loading a new version of Quicken without replacing the old kaplan3jiim 10-14-2007
Posted by kaplan3jiim on October 14, 2007, 8:07 pm
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Dumb question perhaps, but I have ordered an (OEM) Quicken Deluxe
2006. Am presently running Quicken 99 and wanted to see if some
deificiencies have been remedied. But I am also worried about the
newer version messing things up in my file. Is it possible to run
both versions in parallel on the same machine while I make sure I want
to moved forward?.

Posted by R. C. White on October 14, 2007, 9:02 pm
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Hi, Kaplan.

I never heard of "an (OEM) Quicken Deluxe 2006". What exactly are you
getting? And you ordered it from WHERE?

It IS possible to run two versions of Quicken on one computer, but it
generally is not recommended. You CANNOT share a single data file between
two versions, especially not versions as far apart as 1999 and 2006.

If you really want to do this, then just be SURE your '99 data is backed up
(in the '99 format) and that your '99 program files are protected from being
overwritten - or that you have media so that you can re-install '99 if
things go badly. Then install 2006, pointing it to a new location. After
installation, tell Q06 to Open your old .qdf file, then Save that to the new
location of your choice. Run Q06 and make sure you like it. Until you
decide to retire Q99, you'll need to continue to duplicate all your new
transaction entries there, as well as in Q06.

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 Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 beta)

> Dumb question perhaps, but I have ordered an (OEM) Quicken Deluxe
> 2006. Am presently running Quicken 99 and wanted to see if some
> deificiencies have been remedied. But I am also worried about the
> newer version messing things up in my file. Is it possible to run
> both versions in parallel on the same machine while I make sure I want
> to moved forward?.


Posted by John Pollard on October 15, 2007, 9:21 am
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kaplan3jiim@example.com wrote:
> Dumb question perhaps, but I have ordered an (OEM) Quicken
> Deluxe
> 2006. Am presently running Quicken 99 and wanted to see if
> some
> deificiencies have been remedied. But I am also worried about
> the
> newer version messing things up in my file. Is it possible to
> run
> both versions in parallel on the same machine while I make
> sure I want
> to moved forward?.

Starting with Q2006, Quicken wants to uninstall other Quicken
versions it finds during the installation process.

You can tell the Quicken install process to ignore other
installed versions by holding down CTRL+SHIFT when clicking the
first "Next" button you come to during the install dialog.

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John Pollard
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Posted by Andrew on October 15, 2007, 5:56 pm
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John Pollard wrote:
> kaplan3jiim@example.com wrote:
>> Dumb question perhaps, but I have ordered an (OEM) Quicken
>> Deluxe
>> 2006. Am presently running Quicken 99 and wanted to see if
>> some
>> deificiencies have been remedied. But I am also worried about
>> the
>> newer version messing things up in my file. Is it possible to
>> run
>> both versions in parallel on the same machine while I make
>> sure I want
>> to moved forward?.
>
> Starting with Q2006, Quicken wants to uninstall other Quicken
> versions it finds during the installation process.
>
> You can tell the Quicken install process to ignore other
> installed versions by holding down CTRL+SHIFT when clicking the
> first "Next" button you come to during the install dialog.

John - thanks for the answer to the OP.

I added this to the famous Quicken Wiki that Andrew D maintains - for future
posterity.
The goal is to be able to simply refer people to his FAQ list for these
things are we see fit.

Andrew D: Maybe a new category called 'Installation' can be added to the
FAQs? (Please don't send me back a slew of profanitities like the last post
you made towards me - not a good way to win friends and influence people - I
don't respond to those. Just a single point of information here in case you
care. Last word on THIS subject as well.)

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Regards -

- Andrew



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