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Posted by Drew on July 18, 2007, 9:05 am
Please log in for more thread options R C
Thanks for the iterest! I put "Dripping Springs" to let you know I was just
down the road from you.
All the the files I ever had are all there (3 of them with special
extensions). Incidently, I cannot even open the moved files on the Vista
machine from my XP machine on the network. I can open the identical ones I
left on my XP machine.
Do you have any idea if Q2007 will work with Vista? I looked at a box
yesterday and it did not include Vista in the Windows versions it works in
(only Win98, ME and XP).
Drew
> Hi, Drew.
>
> You live in Drippin'? Howdy, Neighbor! ;<)
>
> It's not clear from your first paragraph that you moved the entire set of
> Quicken 2000 data files. As you probably know, what Quicken calls "a
> file" is actually a set of several (usually about 3 to 6) related files,
> all with the same name but different extensions: Drew.qdf, Drew.qtx,
> Drew.qel, etc. The exact number and extensions vary, depending on how YOU
> use Quicken. Whenever we let Quicken manipulate the fileset, it handles
> them all automatically. When we use non-Quicken tools - such as Windows
> Explorer's Copy or Move - then WE must be sure that we get the whole set.
> As I said, you probably know all that, but you didn't clearly say so.
>
>> I have a home network and tried to open the files on the Vista computer
>> from my XP machine with my copy of Q2000 Basic, it could not do it.
>
> As I've often stated here, I'm just one guy with one computer and no net
> but the Internet. I know nothing about networks, but I've seen many
> comments here from other users that make me question your conclusion
> that...
>
>> this is not a network problem since I can open "Word" and "Excel files"
>> on the Vista computer from my computer.
>
> I'll let others discuss this aspect of the problem. But Word and Excel
> may be more network-aware than Quicken.
>
> Quicken 2000 is about as old as Windows 2000, which introduced new
> security measures. Many users here reported problems with getting Quicken
> installed and running in Win2K because it may have been installed by one
> user and unusable by another user. My single-user focus kept me from
> having to deal with these problems. But Vista's souped-up version of
> these restrictions may be causing Quicken to have trouble accessing all
> the files in the Quicken fileset. A more detailed description of exactly
> how you moved your data files, and the folder where you moved them, might
> help others spot the fly in this ointment. Simply saying, "I moved my
> files..." doesn't give us the details that we need to follow exactly what
> you did.
>
> When you have all your Quicken 2000 data fileset in a single folder on the
> Quicken computer, and you have access and can navigate to that folder with
> Windows Explorer, then you should be able to start Quicken with your file
> loaded by simply clicking on the *.qdf file. Have you tried this?
>
> RC
> --
> 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
>>
>> I installed Quicken with the original disk without incident. I moved my
>> files into a data file under "Documents" on the new computer. I was
>> unable to open them. I got an error message which said "Data losses were
>> found in your file".
>>
>> I have a home network and tried to open the files on the Vista computer
>> from my XP machine with my copy of Q2000 Basic, it could not do it. I
>> know that this is not a network problem since I can open "Word" and
>> "Excel files" on the Vista computer from my computer.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. We only use Quicken for bookkeeping, but
>> it can get pretty complex at times. We certainly don't need more than
>> Q2000 Basic. I don't want to buy Q2007 if Q2000 is not the problem.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Drew
>> Dripping Springs
>>
>>> Hi, Drew.
>>>
>>> Vista should be able to run Quicken 2000 and access your Quicken 2000
>>> data files. HOW are you trying to access the files?
>>>
>>> Vista does have some new security features that irritate some users
>>> until they get familiar with Vista. If you tell us, step by step, how
>>> you installed Quicken 2000 and then how you tried to access the files,
>>> we should be able to help you get them working. As a first guess, what
>>> happens if you use Windows Explorer to browse to your *.qdf file and
>>> click on it?
>>>
>>> You should not have to buy Quicken 2007. But if you do buy it (or
>>> Q2008, which should be out within a month or two, if Intuit follows
>>> their usual schedule), it should also have no problems with Vista. It
>>> will find your Quicken 2000 data files and convert them to the Quicken
>>> 2007 format, after first saving copies of them in a new folder it will
>>> create, probably named Q00Files.
>>>
>>> RC
>>>
>>>>I installed my old Quicken 2000 on my new Vista Home Premium machine.
>>>>It can't read my files. Must I buy Q 2007? Will it be able to read or
>>>>convert my old files?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Drew
>
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