Problem with Investment Account

Posted by AlanW on July 30, 2006, 1:32 pm

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I created a reall mess when I deleted a backup file in error. I was
able to correct all the files except one Vanguard investment account.
When I downloaded transactions, i received duplicates etc. Bottom
line, the individual investment transactions and balances are no
longer accurate.

My account is activated. is there a way I could delete the mess I have
and recreate the account from its inception ( 5/04)? If not from
inception, can I recreate the current year? I tried downloading again
but it does not solve the problem.

Thanks,
Alan

Posted by R. C. White on July 31, 2006, 12:11 pm

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Hi, Alan.

Maybe you don't need to recreate that Vanguard account.

> I created a reall mess when I deleted a backup file in error.

Unless you also deleted all the backup files that Quicken makes
automatically each week, you should be in pretty good shape.

What Quicken calls a "file" is really a set of related files. In this
newsgroup, we often refer to this group of files as a Quicken "fileset". We
can make as many (or as few) backups of this fileset as we like, either from
within Quicken or by using other Windows tools, such as Copy. In addition
to these "manual" backups, Quicken makes automatic backups each week. Even
if we don't make such backups - or even if we delete all of these backups -
Quicken s automatic backups should still be there. By default, they will be
in a folder named C:Program FilesQuickenBACKUP. The most recent set of
files would be named QDATA1.* ; the set from a week before would be
QDATA2.*, etc. I don't recall what the default number of automatic backups
is; I've set my Quicken to keep 5 generations, so my oldest set, QDATA5.QDF,
etc., is dated 6/20/06, just over a month ago. (Click Edit | Preferences |
Quicken Program | Backup. Note that the 2 numbers you can enter here do NOT
refer to the same thing. The first is for how often Quicken should remind
you to make MANUAL backups; the second is for how many weeks of AUTOMATIC
backups Quicken should keep before deleting the oldest to make room for the
newest.)

Even if you've deleted all your manual backups, you should be able to click
File | Restore Backup File, then browse to that QuickenBACKUP folder and
load the QDATA1.QDF file (which will automatically include the whole
fileset). If this latest backup does not include the Account you need, try
the QDATA2 set, and so on.

Once you've found the latest backup with a working Vanguard account, Export
that one Account to a QIF file. Then reload your most current file and
Import that one account. (Actually, I'm not as experienced in this
Import/Export stuff as some regulars here. Also, I've done very little
downloading of transactions. If you hit a snag, John Pollard should be able
to bail you out.)

Let us know how this works out for you. Also, it's always a good idea to
tell us which version of Quicken you are running, because some features
(such as the QIF function) have changed in later versions.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista x64 build 5472)

> I created a reall mess when I deleted a backup file in error. I was

> able to correct all the files except one Vanguard investment account.

> When I downloaded transactions, i received duplicates etc. Bottom

> line, the individual investment transactions and balances are no

> longer accurate.

> My account is activated. is there a way I could delete the mess I have

> and recreate the account from its inception ( 5/04)? If not from

> inception, can I recreate the current year? I tried downloading again

> but it does not solve the problem.

> Thanks,

> Alan

Posted by Irv on July 31, 2006, 3:57 pm

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As a bystander who looks in on this Q site daily, I want to express my
gratitude for your detailed procedural explanation. It highlights a
number of problems I've been researching for weeks now and haven't been
successful in finding clear 1-2-3 steps. (Maybe because I haven't been
correct in framing the search-words. At any rate, I want to convey a
sense of my admiration for your taking the trouble to help someone out
there who asks for help. (This gratitude embraces all the
correspondents who strengthen the communities created by Intuit's
refusals to back up past subscribers.)
R. C. White wrote:

> Hi, Alan.

> Maybe you don't need to recreate that Vanguard account.

> > I created a reall mess when I deleted a backup file in error.

> Unless you also deleted all the backup files that Quicken makes

> automatically each week, you should be in pretty good shape.

> What Quicken calls a "file" is really a set of related files. In this

> newsgroup, we often refer to this group of files as a Quicken "fileset". We

> can make as many (or as few) backups of this fileset as we like, either from

> within Quicken or by using other Windows tools, such as Copy. In addition

> to these "manual" backups, Quicken makes automatic backups each week. Even

> if we don't make such backups - or even if we delete all of these backups -

> Quicken s automatic backups should still be there. By default, they will be

> in a folder named C:Program FilesQuickenBACKUP. The most recent set of

> files would be named QDATA1.* ; the set from a week before would be

> QDATA2.*, etc. I don't recall what the default number of automatic backups

> is; I've set my Quicken to keep 5 generations, so my oldest set, QDATA5.QDF,

> etc., is dated 6/20/06, just over a month ago. (Click Edit | Preferences |

> Quicken Program | Backup. Note that the 2 numbers you can enter here do NOT

> refer to the same thing. The first is for how often Quicken should remind

> you to make MANUAL backups; the second is for how many weeks of AUTOMATIC

> backups Quicken should keep before deleting the oldest to make room for the

> newest.)

> Even if you've deleted all your manual backups, you should be able to click

> File | Restore Backup File, then browse to that QuickenBACKUP folder and

> load the QDATA1.QDF file (which will automatically include the whole

> fileset). If this latest backup does not include the Account you need, try

> the QDATA2 set, and so on.

> Once you've found the latest backup with a working Vanguard account, Export

> that one Account to a QIF file. Then reload your most current file and

> Import that one account. (Actually, I'm not as experienced in this

> Import/Export stuff as some regulars here. Also, I've done very little

> downloading of transactions. If you hit a snag, John Pollard should be able

> to bail you out.)

> Let us know how this works out for you. Also, it's always a good idea to

> tell us which version of Quicken you are running, because some features

> (such as the QIF function) have changed in later versions.

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> (Retired. No longer licensed to practice.)

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Currently running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista x64 build 5472)

> >

> > I created a reall mess when I deleted a backup file in error. I was

> > able to correct all the files except one Vanguard investment account.

> > When I downloaded transactions, i received duplicates etc. Bottom

> > line, the individual investment transactions and balances are no

> > longer accurate.

> >

> > My account is activated. is there a way I could delete the mess I have

> > and recreate the account from its inception ( 5/04)? If not from

> > inception, can I recreate the current year? I tried downloading again

> > but it does not solve the problem.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Alan

Posted by Irv on July 31, 2006, 3:58 pm