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From: Keith Snyder on 26 Jul 2010 09:21 Q2010 uses file extension .DAT, but other programs, such as NERO use the same extension. Apparently, Q2010 uses .DAT to log qfx, ofx updates. Other programs grab .DAT as well, for example VideoLAN. In XP Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, File Folder, what program should be associated with Quicken's DAT file? Temporarily, I have removed program associations.
From: Andrew on 26 Jul 2010 13:03 Keith Snyder wrote: > Q2010 uses file extension .DAT, but other programs, such as NERO use > the same extension. Apparently, Q2010 uses .DAT to log qfx, ofx > updates. Other programs grab .DAT as well, for example VideoLAN. > > In XP Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, File Folder, what program > should be associated with Quicken's DAT file? Temporarily, I have > removed program associations. Keith - maybe I'm not following you, but why do you think you need to associate '.dat' with any *Quicken* program? I think that those files are used when you are executing the main Quicken executable (.exe) against a main Q data file (*.qdf). What benefits, if any, associating a *.dat would you derive via some form of Quicken association? It's not like you can double click any of those to bring some program up, right?? -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Regards - - Andrew
From: jslcr1 on 26 Jul 2010 15:56 On Jul 26, 8:21 am, "Keith Snyder" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Q2010 uses file extension .DAT, but other programs, such as NERO use the > same extension. Apparently, Q2010 uses .DAT to log qfx, ofx updates. Other > programs grab .DAT as well, for example VideoLAN. > > In XP Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, File Folder, what program should > be associated with Quicken's DAT file? Temporarily, I have removed program > associations. You might want to take a look at this. Since Q2010 Quicken merged a number of there files into one. Changes to Quicken 2010 for Windows data file structure Updated: 10/08/2009 | Article ID: 7497 http://quicken.intuit.com/support/articles/data-file-management/data/7497.html They only .dat file that they use in Quicken for or in their program is the Emergency Records program. That file is called ERO.dat
From: Han on 26 Jul 2010 17:22 "Keith Snyder" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:fZf3o.30830$4B7.21355(a)newsfe16.iad: > Q2010 uses file extension .DAT, but other programs, such as NERO use > the same extension. Apparently, Q2010 uses .DAT to log qfx, ofx > updates. Other programs grab .DAT as well, for example VideoLAN. > > In XP Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, File Folder, what program > should be associated with Quicken's DAT file? Temporarily, I have > removed program associations. The only dat files I have are log files. Q2010 merged all real datafiles into 1 *.qdf file. Good thing that storage is cheap nowadays, with all the backups I make. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid
From: John Pollard on 26 Jul 2010 18:16
Han wrote: > "Keith Snyder" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in > news:fZf3o.30830$4B7.21355(a)newsfe16.iad: > >> Q2010 uses file extension .DAT, but other programs, such as NERO use >> the same extension. Apparently, Q2010 uses .DAT to log qfx, ofx >> updates. Other programs grab .DAT as well, for example VideoLAN. >> >> In XP Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, File Folder, what program >> should be associated with Quicken's DAT file? Temporarily, I have >> removed program associations. > > The only dat files I have are log files. Q2010 merged all real > datafiles into 1 *.qdf file. Good thing that storage is cheap > nowadays, with all the backups I make. Quicken uses *lots* of .dat files; many in various folders in Documents and Settings, others in Program files. -- John Pollard news://<YOUR-NNTP-NEWSERVER-HERE>/alt.comp.software.financial.quicken Your source of user-to-user Quicken help |