Change Quicken data folder location to shared NTFS drive

Cut/Copy the files/folder and then Paste them to the desired drive/folder.

When you open Quicken and the files are not where they are expected, Quicken will give you some options (I don't remember what they are at the moment). I Cancel my way out to the main Quicken window and then do a File

file. Quicken will now remember the new location and use it from that point forward. It should work the same for restores, but I am not sure about this.

I have not had a problem with this. I use a 3rd party backup program that does the same, clears the Archive bit, and my files open without a hitch.

Not sure what you are asking here. If it relates to questions 1 - 3, not that I have seen.

Thanks!

You can use Windows Copy/Paste or Quicken "Copy" (File > File operations > Copy).

Put a shortcut to the QDATA.QDF on your desktop, for one (where QDATA is the name you give your Quicken data fileset). Also, you can append the file name for Quicken to open when it starts at the end of the program name in the Properties of the desktop icon you run Quicken with (leaving at least one space between). I have virtually no experience with using networked files, but seem to remember that the trick is to map the file to a drive, then refer to that as the file to open. (Quicken can have problems with long file names and long paths).

Yes, but the precise conditions are unknown. NTFS is one of them though, so you will be a candidate. It is easy enough to verify, and if it should occur, it should be easy enough to overcome: create a batch or command file to: a) set the archive attribute, and b) start Quicken.

For 1 and 2: not as far as I know. For #3, I am not in a position to give a reliable answer; I don't have an NTFS partition and I do not remember reading of a "fix" in Q2005.

I should have added that Restores don't have a "default" in the same sense as my answer above; basically you always select the file to restore. And the name of the restored file will be the name of the backup file.

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Actually, with some systems (I am using Q05 R3 and NTFS), Quicken does care. If the archive bits are cleared, you can not open the file. This has caused a great bit of confusion. I did not have this problem until I moved to Q04 and NTFS (I think, but I could be wrong). I just tried it again and did not have the problem, so maybe Intuit fixed it recently. The common symptom is that you are treated as a new user the next time you open Quicken after a backup that cleared the archive bits.

Peter

Yes, this subject has been discussed a great deal here (starting quite some time ago): the exact conditions which create the problem are unknown; two of the known conditions are that the file be in an NTFS partition, and have its archive attribute unset.

But people with NTFS partitions have reported *not* having the problem ... so one must examine one's own particular setup to determine whether they will have the problem. This is a simple matter to do; unset the Archive attribute and attempt to open the file.

(One disclaimer: as far as I know, no one has reported this as an intermittent problem - if it happens in your environment, it always happens in your environment, but if it is intermittent, my test may not be conclusive. Peter, you are the first I remember even saying that the problem went away when the same conditions seemed to be present; I hope that it is due to a fix by Intuit ... definitely hope that the problem does not return).

Thanks to all who responded. I forgot to check back after the first reply so I am a little tardy.

It's good to know that Quicken just remembers the location last used rather than having a default location buried somewhere. I installed Q2005 over Q2002. When I went to "restore" a dataset prior to opening any data, it asked me about what/where the backup file was but did not give me an option about where to put it. It did not use the locations in the recent file list, but instead used . That worried me. I have since found a recently used list in QUSER.INI that reflects where the files were put. The QUICKEN.INI seems to have current and old entries. Its recent list is quite out of date.

Joe

On Tue 17 May 2005 04:22:34p, JoeM wrote in news:ugtie.3314$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

You are maybe confused by two different concepts.

Location of active files (restored) is a different topic than the location (s) of backup copy of your files sets.