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From: John Pollard on 7 Oct 2008 20:16 Craig wrote: > John, > Thanks for your reply. > Here is the real problem: > For reasons unclear to me, multiple entries for the same > transactions > have occurred during download of this 1 account (I have 23 > accounts > of which 12 download). > In fact, there are transactions which are entered (from the > download) > 15-30 times (it should be 1 only for each transaction). When I > click > on Ctrl-D to try to delete each of the extra transactions, it > takes > about 12 seconds to delete each transaction and that is AFTER > I > confirm the delete. There are HUNDREDS of transactions to > delete. > You CANNOT delete multiple transactions in a register if this > is an > investment (according to Quicken Help). Sometimes Quicken Help isn't right; but I suspect that Intuit isn't trying to broadcast this. You can run a Banking Transaction report for the investment account. You can select the transactions in the report that you want to delete, using the same techniques you'd use to select multiple files in Windows Explorer. Then you can click the Edit button (in the report), and select "Delete transactions". > So I backed up quicken and tried to delete the account. I > figured out > how to do that. Quicken crashes when I try. No message? > I have tried validating the file, this takes a long time (at > least 20 > minutes)and doesn't help. > Any other ideas? One thing you can try is to rename your Quicken price history file. If the price history gets corrupted, Validate virtually never fixes it. Using Windows Explorer, rename QDATA.QPH (where QDATA is the name of your Quicken data). Then start Quicken and try deleting the account. If that doesn't help, you can just rename the QPH file back (after deleting the new one Quicken created). -- John Pollard First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com Please reply to newsgroup
From: Craig on 7 Oct 2008 23:00 John, Thanks for that insight. I'll try this an let you know. Craig "John Pollard" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:gcgu5i$qde$1(a)aioe.org... > Craig wrote: >> John, >> Thanks for your reply. >> Here is the real problem: >> For reasons unclear to me, multiple entries for the same transactions >> have occurred during download of this 1 account (I have 23 accounts >> of which 12 download). >> In fact, there are transactions which are entered (from the download) >> 15-30 times (it should be 1 only for each transaction). When I click >> on Ctrl-D to try to delete each of the extra transactions, it takes >> about 12 seconds to delete each transaction and that is AFTER I >> confirm the delete. There are HUNDREDS of transactions to delete. > >> You CANNOT delete multiple transactions in a register if this is an >> investment (according to Quicken Help). > > Sometimes Quicken Help isn't right; but I suspect that Intuit isn't trying > to broadcast this. > > You can run a Banking Transaction report for the investment account. You > can select the transactions in the report that you want to delete, using > the same techniques you'd use to select multiple files in Windows > Explorer. Then you can click the Edit button (in the report), and select > "Delete transactions". > >> So I backed up quicken and tried to delete the account. I figured out >> how to do that. Quicken crashes when I try. > > No message? > >> I have tried validating the file, this takes a long time (at least 20 >> minutes)and doesn't help. > >> Any other ideas? > > One thing you can try is to rename your Quicken price history file. If > the price history gets corrupted, Validate virtually never fixes it. > Using Windows Explorer, rename QDATA.QPH (where QDATA is the name of your > Quicken data). Then start Quicken and try deleting the account. If that > doesn't help, you can just rename the QPH file back (after deleting the > new one Quicken created). > > -- > > John Pollard > First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com > Please reply to newsgroup >
From: "thecreator" thecreatorof on 8 Oct 2008 08:54
Hi Craig, Curious, I ask. Have you turned off any Anti-Virus Protection or Spyware protection, while you are working in Quicken deleting entries? It may help speed up the time it takes to delete. Leave the Firewall alone. Also are you using your Hard Drive in Raid Configuration or normal? Do you have any Backup programs running at the same time? Can you suspend them, if you do? -- thecreator "Craig" <craig.futterman(a)nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message news:cvudnaxDavnaJnrVnZ2dnUVZ_rvinZ2d(a)comcast.com... > Thanks for your help. In 2009 Deluxe it is different, but I found it. What > was frustrating was the same transaction must have downloaded 20- 40 > times. It said I had a negative balance in that account of 3.5 million > dollars! Deleteing those multiple transactions is time consuming because > (as far as I can tell), you can only delete 1 transaction at a time. When > I click delete, then confirm it, it takes a while for the transaction to > delete. > I assume that the error was during the download from the investment broker > on line (of course I hit Accept ALL). :) > > Again, thanks > Craig > > "thecreator" <thecreatorof Xuxa(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:5M-dnbFkq5IOKHrVnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> Hi Craig, >> >> It is easy to delete an Account in Quicken, because I just did it, >> from a Backup Copy, so I did not lose anything. >> >> Don't hide the Account that you want to delete. >> >> You need to delete all Scheduled Transactions affecting a particular >> Account, before Quicken will Allow you to delete the Account. >> >> Open Quicken. From the Summary Tab under Banking, click Options on the >> Left for the particular Account Type you want to delete. Click Account >> List. Next, click on the Account you want to Delete. Click Delete >> Account. If "This account has one or more scheduled bills or deposits >> which must be deleted before the account can be deleted." click OK and >> Open Bill and Income Reminders. Click on the Scheduled Reminder and then >> at the top, click Delete and click OK. Do this for each Scheduled Bill or >> Reminder that affects this account you want to delete. >> >> Then go back to Account List. Click on the Account you want to Delete. >> Click Delete Account and type in Yes and click OK. >> >> Note: You can also access the Account List from clicking at the Top, >> Tools then click Account List. Or use Ctrl-A to open Account List. >> >> >> -- >> thecreator >> >> "Craig" <craig.futterman(a)nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:lM-dnXXG07AjMHrVnZ2dnUVZ_v7inZ2d(a)comcast.com... >>> We have multiple accounts in a Quicken File (Checking , savings, IRAs >>> etc.) Almost all of them are linked to their various financial >>> institutions and info is downloaded when I log on. This has worked quite >>> well. I am having a problem with one of the accounts. This particular >>> account (an IRA) has a lot of missing information in it (such as cost >>> basis in it and I want to delete it and re-download everything. I can't >>> delete the account in Quicken. Should I go through and delete every >>> transaction and re-update? This will be painful as there are a lot of >>> transactions to delete. There are no links in this account with any >>> other accounts in the Quicken File. >>> I have hidden the account and tried to add a new Quicken File. I choose >>> the proper financial institution and it shows me all the accounts but >>> won't let me do a new one with an account on the list. >>> Quicken 2009 Deluxe R2 >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Craig >>> Quicken user since Version 1 for DOS (on an IBM PC jr. ) ?1985 >>> >> >> > > |