file conversion

Posted by Mel on June 6, 2009, 11:32 pm

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I have a old file from 1997 that I need to open in my current Quicken 2009
deluxe. When I do a restore backup file I see a window that says "performing
initial conversion" or similar. This then completes in a message saying to
go to file>open and select the file.
When I do this I find, as expected, a file named 96-97.qdf in my current
list of files. However when I select it to open the Quicken program closes
and if I reopen it I am back to the file I originally had IE: my current
file.
Tried multiple times with same results so please help.
Mel

Posted by John Pollard on June 7, 2009, 10:23 am

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Mel wrote:

> I have a old file from 1997 that I need to open in my current Quicken

> 2009 deluxe. When I do a restore backup file I see a window that says

> "performing initial conversion" or similar. This then completes in a

> message saying to go to file>open and select the file.

> When I do this I find, as expected, a file named 96-97.qdf in my

> current list of files. However when I select it to open the Quicken

> program closes and if I reopen it I am back to the file I originally

> had IE: my current file.

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3838

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Posted by Mel on June 7, 2009, 11:13 pm

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> Mel wrote:

>> I have a old file from 1997 that I need to open in my current Quicken

>> 2009 deluxe. When I do a restore backup file I see a window that says

>> "performing initial conversion" or similar. This then completes in a

>> message saying to go to file>open and select the file.

>> When I do this I find, as expected, a file named 96-97.qdf in my

>> current list of files. However when I select it to open the Quicken

>> program closes and if I reopen it I am back to the file I originally

>> had IE: my current file.

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3838

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> John Pollard

Thanks John
Guess I will have to first figure out what version I was running in 1996-7-8
then go where your URL suggests.
Do you know if I can reinstall earlier versions back into computer without
messing up current 2009 deluxe installation. I wonder if it will unset or
reset some registry settings screwing up 2009.
Mel

Posted by John Pollard on June 8, 2009, 9:03 am

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Mel wrote:

>> Mel wrote:

>>> I have a old file from 1997 that I need to open in my current

>>> Quicken 2009 deluxe. When I do a restore backup file I see a window

>>> that says "performing initial conversion" or similar. This then

>>> completes in a message saying to go to file>open and select the

>>> file. When I do this I find, as expected, a file named 96-97.qdf in my

>>> current list of files. However when I select it to open the Quicken

>>> program closes and if I reopen it I am back to the file I originally

>>> had IE: my current file.

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3838

> Guess I will have to first figure out what version I was running in

> 1996-7-8 then go where your URL suggests.

If you err, err on the side of using a newer version than you need. Older
versions of Quicken could corrupt files if you tried to open a file from a
newer version of Quicken. So I would start my conversion attempts with
newer old versions and work my way backward as needed.

> Do you know if I can reinstall earlier versions back into computer

> without messing up current 2009 deluxe installation. I wonder if it

> will unset or reset some registry settings screwing up 2009.

Q2009 does not play well with other versions of Quicken. I can't tell you
about Q2009 and other, really old, versions of Quicken, but I would just
plan that Q2009 will probably have some problems after you install older
versions. So when you have a data file ready to convert to Q2009, just
plan to uninstall Q2009 and re-install it. [I don't use the default
Quicken install folder (Program Files > Quicken), I create a version
specific folder (Program Files > Q2009).]

I also recommend going to Intuit's support site and downloading the manual
updates (patches, or "releases") for any versions of Quicken you may want
to use in the future ... and keeping them permanently on your hard drive.
Intuit has instituted a new policy of keeping only the most current manual
update available ... so if you updated to the latest release and did not
like it, you would not be able to return to any earlier release for that
version.

Here is the site for Quicken manual updates:

https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3793

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John Pollard