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Posted by DP on July 1, 2006, 4:13 am
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I tried using Quicken on two computers once and it really takes some careful
thought each time you open Quicken to make sure you don't screw it up.
For me, it was just a case of two computers in the same house (I did it this
way because at the time only one had Internet access), and as simple as that
may seem, it got pretty hairy.
It's been about three years since I tried this, so I may be forgetting
things. But the main thing to remember is that Quicken will always store
what it considers the working file on the hard drive of both computers.
So, EVERY time you use quicken you will have to go through the process John
describes below.
Let me see if I can simplify (though I may just muddy the waters). Let's
assume for the moment that you have a desktop and a laptop.
1) Currently, the working version of your Quicken data is on your desktop.
Let's call that version of your datafile Version A.
You back it up, let's say on a thumb drive, as John describes below. So now
you have version A on your desktop and on your thumb drive. So far, so good.
2) You go to your laptop, you have to restore from backup. In other words
you are now trying to get Version A of your datafile onto your laptop and
you do that by using the backup file on your thumbdrive. So now you have a
Version A on your desktop your thumbdrive and your laptop.
3) As soon as you do a single transaction on your laptop, you have created
Version B of the datafile. Now you have B on your laptop but still have A on
the thumbdrive and on your desktop. That means before you shut down Quicken,
you have to back the file up from the laptop so that you Version B on your
laptop and your thumbdrive.
4) But you stil have version A on your desktop. So when you fire up Quicken
on your desktop, you have to restore the backup from the thumbdrive. In
other words you don't want to work with the Version A that's residing inside
your desktop. You want the current version, which is B. You restore from the
thumbdrive, so now you have a Version B on the thumbdrive, the laptop and
the desktop. The Universe is in Harmony.
5) But as soon as you do a transaction on your desktop, you've now created a
Version C on your desktop, but you still have B on the thumbdrive and the
laptop.
You can see that this takes a lot of careful switching, backing up and
restoring. I got tired of it so quickly, I gave up this process after just a
few days.
I think I've got that all correct. Is there a simpler way of doing this that
I'm missing?
> Take a look at https://quicken.custhelp.com/
>
> In the Search box, type "two computers."
>
> Select: Using the same Quicken data file on more than one computer
>
> You can also search for 2347 (that's the ID of that article).
>
> Here's the text:
> Quicken data is made up of several files. The Quicken program uses the
> backup and restore commands to copy all of the appropriate files as a
> group. If you are planning to move your data between two computers, the
> same version of Quicken must be installed on both computers. If you move
> your Quicken data file between computers that have a different version of
> Quicken installed on them, the Quicken program automatically converts the
> data file for use in the newer version of Quicken, and the data file can
> no longer be used in the previous version of Quicken.
>
> To use the same Quicken data file on more than one computer:
>
> 1.. From the Quicken File menu, choose Backup, and then follow the
> on-screen instructions to back up the data on the first computer to an
> external disk.
> 2.. Insert the external disk in the appropriate drive of the second
> computer.
> 3.. Start Quicken, and then from the File menu, choose Restore Backup
> File.
> 4.. Select the drive and file name, and then click OK.
>
> John
>
>
>
>> I'm going to be traveling and want to load Quicken data from my desktop
>> to my laptop, update on the road, and then go back to my laptop. What
>> do I need to do to make this work?
>>
>
>
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