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quicken install need to edit config.sys madmakar 12-23-2007
Posted by madmakar on December 23, 2007, 4:29 pm
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 I did not realize you could not use 2008 with the older version's files. So,
I uninstalled 2008. When I tried to install the older version, I received
an error message that I need to edit my config.sys file. I used the old DOS
command edit c:config.sys and get a blank file. I used the sysedit command
and indeed see the config.sys and autoexec.bat are blank files. I went
ahead and entered the parameters buffers=0 and files=10 on separate lines,
saved, rebooted - didn't make a difference for installation of software.
Anyone able to assist?
Martha



Posted by R. C. White on December 23, 2007, 4:43 pm
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 Hi, Martha.

How old is your Windows?! Config.sys hasn't been a part of Windows since at
least Win95. Well, it is still included in most versions, but only as a
compatibility feature for old applications that insist on it - and Quicken
hasn't needed it in many years.

What is your Windows version? And which version of Quicken created the data
files you are trying to use in Quicken 2008?

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 Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64)

> I did not realize you could not use 2008 with the older version's files.
> So, I uninstalled 2008. When I tried to install the older version, I
> received an error message that I need to edit my config.sys file. I used
> the old DOS command edit c:config.sys and get a blank file. I used the
> sysedit command and indeed see the config.sys and autoexec.bat are blank
> files. I went ahead and entered the parameters buffers=0 and files=10 on
> separate lines, saved, rebooted - didn't make a difference for
> installation of software. Anyone able to assist?
> Martha


Posted by Andrew on December 23, 2007, 9:05 pm
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madmakar wrote:
> I did not realize you could not use 2008 with the older version's files
> ....
> .
> .
> Martha

But you can! Assuming your older Q files are not THAT old, an upleveled Q
(like Q2008) can read the older (Q2007, Q2006, etc.(but perhaps there's a
limit as to how far back it will go)) files; true, it does an 'upgrade' of
those older files to the current year's format, but it certainly does handle
that automatically.

If you think about it, it has to! How else could we all upgrade?

What was the older year's Quicken version?
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Regards -

- Andrew



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