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From: jhewitt on 2 Jul 2007 08:37
My software programs are on Drive "C" in Program Files. Conventional.
My data files [for each program ] are kept on Drive "D".
Thus I can back up that drive - only - and protect all of my data.

Quicken H&B 2007 stores all data on Drive "C". I can't find any option
to place the data file(s) anywhere else.

Searched the 'Groups', searched Quicken forums: no joy.
Emailed Quicken a question - no reply.

So, can somebody please help?
How can I get Q H&B 2007 to keep the data on Drive "D" in, say,
"Quicken Data" ??

Any help appreciated. Regards.
John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain

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From: John Pollard on 3 Jul 2007 09:50
jhewitt(a)arrakis.es wrote:
> My software programs are on Drive "C" in Program Files.
> Conventional.
> My data files [for each program ] are kept on Drive "D".
> Thus I can back up that drive - only - and protect all of my
> data.
>
> Quicken H&B 2007 stores all data on Drive "C". I can't find
> any option
> to place the data file(s) anywhere else.
>
> Searched the 'Groups', searched Quicken forums: no joy.
> Emailed Quicken a question - no reply.
>
> So, can somebody please help?
> How can I get Q H&B 2007 to keep the data on Drive "D" in,
> say,
> "Quicken Data" ??

Based on Q2005 Deluxe with two virtual disk drives. (My Q2007
is installed on a pc with only one hard drive, but I'm
reasonably certain it will work the same.)

1.) Open an existing Quicken data file (say
C:\QuickenData\QDATA.QDF), and do a Quicken backup to
D:\QuickenData\QDATA.QDF. If you no longer want any data on the
C: drive, have Quicken delete the C: drive file.

2.) Open an existing Quicken data file, and use Quicken's "Copy"
feature to copy the file from the C: drive to the D: drive.
Delete the C: drive file as desired.

3.) Tell Quicken to create a "New" Quicken file; Browse to the
drive and folder where you want the file and tell Quicken what
name to give to the file.

4.) Use Windows Explorer to copy/paste (or move) the fileset
(QDATA.*, if the Quicken file name is QDATA) from the C: drive
to the D: drive; use Windows Explorer (or Quicken) to delete the
old fileset as desired.

Generally Quicken remembers the name of the file that it had
open the last time you exited Quicken, so if you only have the
one file, just have Quicken open it once from the D: drive, and
Quicken should open that same file each subsequent time you run
Quicken.

You can also place a shortcut to the file on your desktop and
use that shortcut to start Quicken.

Or you can modify the Quicken program shortcut, putting the
fully qualified name of the data file (with the QDF extension)
following the Quicken program name (qw.exe) in the "Target"
field in the icon's "Properties" (at least one space between
program name and file name).

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John Pollard
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From: R. C. White on 3 Jul 2007 09:51
Hi, John.

I've not used Q H&B, but I think this behavior is just like other Quicken
Versions.

We don't actually tell Q "where to store" the data files. But you can use
Q's File | File Operations | Copy and browse to the location (D;\Quicken
Data) you want to use. Then Exit Quicken. In Windows Explorer, browse to
that location and click on the QDF file. That should load Q with your data
file. From then on, until you change it, D;\Quicken Data should be the
default location for your fileset, and simply clicking the Q desktop icon
should load Q and your file.

After you've made the switch, your weekly automatic backups should go into
the new folder, D:\Quicken Data\BACKUP, which Q will automatically create.

You will then want to use File | File Operations | Delete to remove the
original fileset (which will quickly be out of date), along with its
automatic backup sets (probably in C:\Program Files\Quicken\BACKUP), but you
may want to keep those backups for a few weeks- just in case - until you
have a full set in the new location.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc(a)grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)

<jhewitt(a)arrakis.es> wrote in message
news:2qrh835jmnctjh645qk61f2ja5lnca2fqf(a)4ax.com...
> My software programs are on Drive "C" in Program Files. Conventional.
> My data files [for each program ] are kept on Drive "D".
> Thus I can back up that drive - only - and protect all of my data.
>
> Quicken H&B 2007 stores all data on Drive "C". I can't find any option
> to place the data file(s) anywhere else.
>
> Searched the 'Groups', searched Quicken forums: no joy.
> Emailed Quicken a question - no reply.
>
> So, can somebody please help?
> How can I get Q H&B 2007 to keep the data on Drive "D" in, say,
> "Quicken Data" ??
>
> Any help appreciated. Regards.
> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain

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