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Silly question about Quicken Folder... Terri 09-28-2006
Posted by Terri on September 28, 2006, 10:46 am
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 I have a folder entitled Quicken and somehow it has a subfolder titled
Quicken. All the files are in the subfolder and the only one in the mail
folder is of course titled Quicken. I would like to just have ONE main
folder but how do I do that? I have deleted the sub but that does not
work....
Thanks.



Posted by L on September 28, 2006, 1:20 pm
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>I have a folder entitled Quicken and somehow it has a subfolder titled
>Quicken. All the files are in the subfolder and the only one in the mail
>folder is of course titled Quicken. I would like to just have ONE main
>folder but how do I do that? I have deleted the sub but that does not
>work....

Your question is a windows file management question, not a Quicken question.

What is the path of the two Quicken folders? If they were created by Quicken
and used by Quicken then quite possibly you do not want to change the
location of the files.

If, however, they are folders you created - to store backups or such - then
of course you can change them. What do you mean when you say that deleting
the sub 'does not work'. Do you mean that you cannot delete the sub folder
(perhaps because there are files in it?) OR are you getting an error message
when you try to delete the sub? OR perhaps do you delete the sub and the
program re-creates it?

More specifics, please.



Posted by Andrew DeFaria on September 29, 2006, 9:30 pm
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Terri wrote:
> I have a folder entitled Quicken and somehow it has a subfolder titled
> Quicken. All the files are in the subfolder and the only one in the
> mail folder is of course titled Quicken.
Why "of course"? Of who's course is that? What is "the only one in the
mail folder"? What "mail" folder? What are you talking about?!?
> I would like to just have ONE main folder but how do I do that?
And what's a "main folder"? I just love how people make up things.... If
you really one just one main folder then identify which folder you think
is "main" and delete all the other ones.
> I have deleted the sub but that does not work....
Really? I just gotta ask: What was your first indication that it didn't
work?!?

I can only assume from your ill defined problem description, that you
have a Quicken folder in your C:Program FilesQuicken folder. I have no
idea what files are in there. If you don't want them then delete them.
Or simply rename the folder. If everything works then that's a pretty
good indication that you don't need that subfolder.

--

Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
Good judgment comes from bad experience... Which comes from bad judgment

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Terri wrote:
<blockquote cite="midO4-dnXrVZL3DfYbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@adelphia.com"
type="cite">I have a folder entitled Quicken and somehow it has a
subfolder titled Quicken. All the files are in the subfolder and the
only one in the mail folder is of course titled Quicken.</blockquote>
Why "of course"? Of who's course is that? What is "the only one in the
mail folder"? What "mail" folder? What are you talking about?!?<br>
<blockquote cite="midO4-dnXrVZL3DfYbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@adelphia.com"
type="cite"> I would like to just have ONE main folder but how do I do
that?</blockquote>
And what's a "main folder"? I just love how people make up things....
If you really one just one main folder then identify which folder you
think is "main" and delete all the other ones.<br>
<blockquote cite="midO4-dnXrVZL3DfYbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@adelphia.com"
type="cite"> I have deleted the sub but that does not work....<br>
</blockquote>
Really? I just gotta ask: What was your first indication that it didn't
work?!?<br>
<br>
I can only assume from your ill defined problem description, that you
have a Quicken folder in your C:Program FilesQuicken folder. I have
no idea what files are in there. If you don't want them then delete
them. Or simply rename the folder. If everything works then that's a
pretty good indication that you don't need that subfolder.<br>
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<a href="http://defaria.com">Andrew DeFaria</a><br>
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Posted by GB on September 29, 2006, 10:18 pm
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Terri wrote:
> I have a folder entitled Quicken and somehow it has a subfolder titled
> Quicken. All the files are in the subfolder and the only one in the mail
> folder is of course titled Quicken. I would like to just have ONE main
> folder but how do I do that? I have deleted the sub but that does not
> work....
> Thanks.

Go into the subfolder
Type Ctrl+a to select all files
Type Ctrl+x to "cut" the files
Go back up to the parent
Type Ctrl+v to paste the files you copied
Delete the now empty subfolder

Gregg

Posted by Jerry Boyle on September 30, 2006, 1:07 pm
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>I have a folder entitled Quicken and somehow it has a subfolder titled
>Quicken. All the files are in the subfolder and the only one in the mail
>folder is of course titled Quicken. I would like to just have ONE main
>folder but how do I do that? I have deleted the sub but that does not
>work....
> Thanks.
>

It looks like you may have installed the Quicken program in folder
.../Quicken/Quicken when you really wanted it in .../Quicken.

If that's the case you can do the following:

(1) Save your Quicken data on CD or in a separate folder on your hard drive
using Quicken's File -> Backup.

Note which folder your data is in. If it's in .../Quicken/Quicken you'll
probably want to restore it to .../Quicken. Otherwise restore it to its
original folder [see step (5)].

(2) Uninstall Quicken.

(3) Delete folder .../Quicken/Quicken and its contents (if any).

(4) Reinstall Quicken in folder .../Quicken (that'll probably be the
default).

(5) Restore your Quicken data using Quicken's File -> Restore.

(6) Open Quicken and, if necessary, specify the new location of your Quicken
data.

(7) Use Quicken's One Step Update to reapply any Quicken program updates.




>I have a folder entitled Quicken and somehow it has a subfolder titled
>Quicken. All the files are in the subfolder and the only one in the mail
>folder is of course titled Quicken. I would like to just have ONE main
>folder but how do I do that? I have deleted the sub but that does not
>work....
> Thanks.
>

It looks like you may have installed the Quicken program in folder
.../Quicken/Quicken when you really wanted it in .../Quicken.

If that's the case you can do the following:

(1) Save your Quicken data on CD or in a separate folder on your hard drive
using Quicken's File -> Backup.

Note which folder your data is in. If it's in .../Quicken/Quicken you'll
probably want to restore it to .../Quicken. Otherwise restore it to its
original folder [see step (5)].

(2) Uninstall Quicken.

(3) Delete folder .../Quicken/Quicken and its contents (if any).

(4) Reinstall Quicken in folder .../Quicken (that'll probably be the
default).

(5) Restore your Quicken data using Quicken's File -> Restore.

(6) Open Quicken and, if necessary, specify the new location of your Quicken
data.

(7) Use Quicken's One Step Update to reapply any Quicken program updates.




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