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Posted by Q_Lover on January 15, 2007, 9:22 pm
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DP said
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>> What is wierd... This file refuses to appear in any Explorer search.
>> I'm unsure why but I'm going to find out.
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> Is your Explorer set up to show hidden files?
Yea, that's the first thing I do when I get a new computer. Show hidden
files, don't hide extensions of know file types, use windows classic,
show details....
Oh yea, turn off the XP "Fisher Price" start menu! ;-)
Regards
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Posted by Jerry Boyle on January 15, 2007, 2:32 pm
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> Dennis said
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>> Make sure you are looking for a "quser.ini" file and not a
>> "quicken.ini".
>>
>> It should be located in C:Documents and Settings{user
>> name}Application DataIntuitQuickenConfig, where {user name} is your
>> winxp logon name and NOT "All Users"
>
> RC's suggestion of using "DOS" and this post nailed it. The file was
> indeed
> in the {user name} path. I could have swore I looked there numerous
> times.
> Obviously, I did not.
>
> What is wierd... This file refuses to appear in any Explorer search. I'm
> unsure why but I'm going to find out.
>
Check your search and folder view options (see my latest post).
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Posted by R. C. White on January 15, 2007, 5:33 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi, Q_Lover.
Now that you've found it, just use Notepad (or any other text editor of your
choice) to edit it to suit yourself.
In my Q2007/Vista setup, I start Notepad, then click File | Open and
navigate to the folder where I know the file is. It doesn't show up - until
I notice that Notepad's Open browser is set to show "Text Documents
(*.txt)". The .ini files are text, but they don't have the .txt extension,
so they don't show up in the list. But all I have to do is click the
drop-down box and select "All Files (*.*)". And there it is! Load it, edit
it, then close Notepad, accepting its offer to save the edited file.
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 Vista Ultimate x64)
> Dennis said
>
>> Make sure you are looking for a "quser.ini" file and not a
>> "quicken.ini".
>>
>> It should be located in C:Documents and Settings{user
>> name}Application DataIntuitQuickenConfig, where {user name} is your
>> winxp logon name and NOT "All Users"
>
> RC's suggestion of using "DOS" and this post nailed it. The file was
> indeed
> in the {user name} path. I could have swore I looked there numerous
> times.
> Obviously, I did not.
>
> What is wierd... This file refuses to appear in any Explorer search. I'm
> unsure why but I'm going to find out.
>
> Thanks again for all the help! This newsgroup is great!
>
> Regards
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Posted by Jerry Boyle on January 15, 2007, 2:15 pm
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> R. C. White said
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>> Hi, Q_Lover.
>>
>> If you don't find QUser.ini where Jerry told you, please post back
>> and tell us which Windows version you are using. In Vista, for
>> example, substitute
>> C:UsersAppDataRoamingIntuitQuickenConfigQUser.ini,
>> where is up to you.
>
> Hi RC (and all)
>
> I've loacted a Quicken.ini in both C:Documnets and SettingsAll Users
> Application DataIntuitQuickenConfig and C:Windows. Neither has this
> recent file information.
>
> I'm using Q2005 with XP home.
>
> I also searched the drive for quser.ini - but it's nowhere to be found?
>
> Maybe I'll have to reinstall? ;-) This is very strange.
It's not that strange yet.
I have Q2006H&B with WinXP; I think RC has Q2007 with Vista; another poster
has Q2002. I don't think any of us have Q2005 with WinXP and they move stuff
like this around from release to release just to keep us confused. Also,
Q2005 (and other releases) may look in multiple places to gather this
information and may be finding it in a place where an earlier Quicken
release used to store it.
Reinstalling probably won't help because it isn't a missing file or data
problem - you're getting the old file names so they have to be coming from
somewhere.
Here are more suggestions:
1) Check Quicken.ini and any other .ini files in your Config directory very
carefully.
Make sure you can (temporarily at least) see system files and hidden files.
[In Windows Explorer set these options under Tools -> Folder Options... ->
"View" tab.]
2) Search your entire hard drive for a one of the dropdown names.
Try searching your drive for "A word or phrase in the file:" and under "More
advanced options" make sure "Search system folders", "Search hidden files
and folders", and "Search subfolders" are selected and "Case sensitive" is
*not* selected.
For the search word or phrase, choose a Quicken file name or a segment of
the directory name that isn't likely to appear elsewhere in any file on your
disk. For example, I chose "QdataATT" [one of my test DBs]. If necessary,
you can create a new dummy Quicken DB with an unusual name.
3) Search the Windows registry.
Repeat the above search in the Windows registry. Type "regedit" in the
"Open:" box under Start -> Run. In the "Registry Editor" window under
Edit -> Find type your search string in the "Find what:" box, select "My
Computer" in the left pane, then click "Find Next". You'll have a long wait
until the search fails or the string is found. You can use the F3 key to
find subsequent occurrences of the search string.
BE VERY CAREFUL - DON'T TOUCH ANY OTHER KEYS OR INTERRUPT THE SEARCH.
If you find the file names here don't try to delete the entries unless you
feel very comfortable editing the Windows registry. Just exit the registry
editor using File -> Exit , post back to this group and someone will give
you further instructions.
4) The data may be somewhere in your Quicken DB (bad design, but possible).
If the file names are here a search won't find them because the Quicken DBs
are encrypted. I don't see any solution in this case but perhaps someone
else can help.
Good luck,
Jerry
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Posted by Q_Lover on January 15, 2007, 9:29 pm
Please log in for more thread options Jerry Boyle said
> 3) Search the Windows registry.
I followed this path per one of the dejanews posts. I see where Quicken
has indeed moved it's configuration files around under different
versions. One post discussed some configs set in the registry.
Empirically, 2005 is the same as 2006. Quser.ini. Unfortunately, this
file doesn't appear in the windows search for some reason. It's rather
disturbing when you think of it. Each version of windows seems to remove
the operator further and further from the base operating system. Makes
me think of things like index.dat. Orwellian? (sp?)
I'm all fixed now. Thanks again for all the various posts.
Regards
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