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From: Larry Waibel on 13 Apr 2007 05:13 I don't understand how to do a restore in Q2007. Let's say I have my normal file(s) as 'mymoney' and have the backup set so that it creates backups with dated file names. In older versions I would do a restore and select the file to restore from and it would restore over the one I have open (mymoney) and then reopen it. With Q2007 when I got to restore I'm given a list of the files with the date names. If I select the latest one, it says it did the restore and then tells me to open the file. But when I open 'mymoney' it's the same as before the restore. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks!
From: John Pollard on 13 Apr 2007 15:38 Larry Waibel wrote: > I don't understand how to do a restore in Q2007. Let's > say I have my normal file(s) as 'mymoney' and have the > backup set so that it creates backups with dated file > names. In older versions I would do a restore and select > the file to restore from and it would restore over the > one I have open (mymoney) and then reopen it. With Q2007 > when I got to restore I'm given a list of the files with > the date names. If I select the latest one, it says it > did the restore and then tells me to open the file. But > when I open 'mymoney' it's the same as before the > restore. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks! A "restore" always restores the backup file name. When you suffix your backup file names with dates, a simple restore is no longer enough. You'll need to delete (or rename) your current file, then rename the restored backup file. You can do both steps in Quicken using File Operations. -- John Pollard First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com Please reply to newsgroup
From: Larry Waibel on 14 Apr 2007 09:19 In article <j%QTh.53201$oV.13994(a)attbi_s21>, John Pollard wrote: > From: "John Pollard" <invalid(a)invalid.com> > Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.financial.quicken > Subject: Re: Q2007 restore > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:38:55 GMT > > Larry Waibel wrote: > > I don't understand how to do a restore in Q2007. Let's > > say I have my normal file(s) as 'mymoney' and have the > > backup set so that it creates backups with dated file > > names. In older versions I would do a restore and select > > the file to restore from and it would restore over the > > one I have open (mymoney) and then reopen it. With Q2007 > > when I got to restore I'm given a list of the files with > > the date names. If I select the latest one, it says it > > did the restore and then tells me to open the file. But > > when I open 'mymoney' it's the same as before the > > restore. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks! > > A "restore" always restores the backup file name. When you > suffix your backup file names with dates, a simple restore is no > longer enough. > > You'll need to delete (or rename) your current file, then rename > the restored backup file. You can do both steps in Quicken > using File Operations. > > -- > John Pollard > First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com > Please reply to newsgroup > Thanks for the reply. I'm still not sure I understand. So I have my regular file open and do a restore of the latest date-named file (which is in the backup directory). Then what do I do? I need to have some file open in order to get to the menu items to do the rename/copy and I assume I can't rename the regular file if it's the one I have open? So I have to have some third file just to open to be able to rename my regular to something else and then rename the restored backup to my regular name? Seems pretty convoluted to me :-)
From: John Pollard on 14 Apr 2007 21:13 Larry Waibel wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I'm still not sure I understand. > So I have my regular file open and do a restore of the > latest date-named file (which is in the backup > directory). Then what do I do? I need to have some file > open in order to get to the menu items to do the > rename/copy and I assume I can't rename the regular file > if it's the one I have open? So I have to have some > third file just to open to be able to rename my regular > to something else and then rename the restored backup to > my regular name? Seems pretty convoluted to me :-) While you have significantly overstated the problem, there is no doubt that affixing the date to the name of your backup will create extra work to restore to restore it. (I think some folks have ignored this.) The process of restoring is as simple as I first described. Quicken can rename any Quicken file on your system, the file does not have to be open, but it can be open. You can do your restore just as you have always done. When the restore is finished, (yes) you can rename the file you have open, then rename the restored file. Then open the renamed file. The two renames are the extra steps you must take. -- John Pollard First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com Please reply to newsgroup
From: Larry Waibel on 15 Apr 2007 06:05
In article <P_eUh.54743$_c5.24422(a)attbi_s22>, John Pollard wrote: > From: "John Pollard" <invalid(a)invalid.com> > Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.financial.quicken > Subject: Re: Q2007 restore > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:13:19 GMT > > Larry Waibel wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. I'm still not sure I understand. > > So I have my regular file open and do a restore of the > > latest date-named file (which is in the backup > > directory). Then what do I do? I need to have some file > > open in order to get to the menu items to do the > > rename/copy and I assume I can't rename the regular file > > if it's the one I have open? So I have to have some > > third file just to open to be able to rename my regular > > to something else and then rename the restored backup to > > my regular name? Seems pretty convoluted to me :-) > > While you have significantly overstated the problem, there is no > doubt that affixing the date to the name of your backup will > create extra work to restore to restore it. (I think some folks > have ignored this.) > > The process of restoring is as simple as I first described. > > Quicken can rename any Quicken file on your system, the file > does not have to be open, but it can be open. > > You can do your restore just as you have always done. When the > restore is finished, (yes) you can rename the file you have > open, then rename the restored file. Then open the renamed > file. The two renames are the extra steps you must take. > > -- > John Pollard > First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com > Please reply to newsgroup > I think I'll just turn off the date-named files :-) |