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Posted by DotCom on October 9, 2006, 12:05 pm
Please log in for more thread options GREAT info RC! And what a great idea! I also am running a dual-boot
XP/Vista as well as a laptop on my network and would like to try what you
describe below to access Quicken no matter what OS one is in. If I may
ask, what does "E:" represent on your computer? Is that an external hard
drive or just a another partition you created for this purpose? I have a
large external that might work well for this purpose if it will allow
installing to an external USB drive.
dotcom
> Hi, DotCom.
>
> While I haven't tried EVERY version of Quicken with EVERY version of
> Vista, I see no reason why EVERY combination would not work.
>
> I've installed every build of the Vista beta since August of 2005, and
> have install Quicken Basic (either 2006 or 2007) in every build without a
> problem. Quicken 2007 was the easiest upgrade of them all. ;<)
>
> My practice for the past several years has been to install Quicken into MY
> choice of folder (E:QuickenW), rather than into the default C:Program
> FilesQuicken. Since I always have multiple versions of Windows and Vista
> installed and running, I want to be able to access Quicken and pay my
> bills, no matter which operating system I'm running at the moment. So I
> install Quicken into each new Windows/Vista, letting Setup make its
> required entries in the new system's Registry, but always pointing to
> E:QuickenW for the installation location. After the basic installation
> steps, I "bail out" of Quicken Setup before getting to the parts about
> updating Quicken or running it. Then I use Windows Explorer to navigate
> to the E:QuickenW folder and click on my *.qdf file, which opens the new
> Quicken with my data file already loaded. (I always have to make a few
> tweaks in Edit | Preferences; perhaps I could import an .ini file or
> something, but I haven't explored this.)
>
> You can bet that if any version of Quicken doesn't run in Vista, you'll
> hear plenty of loud howls here - and elsewhere!
>
> 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 x86 build 5728)
>
>
>> Does anyone know if Q deluxe 2004 works with Windows Vista?
>> What about the new version of Quicken (2007)?
>>
>> TIA
>
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