Default data location?

Hi, Bob.

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I don't know. More than a decade ago, I started installing Quicken into E:\QuickenW; must have been when Quicken first produced the Windows version. Even after Windows (95?) introduced the Program Files folder, I continued to put successive versions of Quicken into E:\QuickenW. In the olden days, Quicken put its data files into the same folder as the program files - and that's where MY Quicken data still is. Yes, I know that it's now generally agreed that data files should be separate from the executables, and Vista enforces that separation by disallowing writes within the Program Files folder tree (unless we invoke THE Administrator status and insist). But my habit hasn't changed and my data files are still in E:\QuickenW, with the automatic backups in E:\QuickenW\BACKUP.

To answer your question, we probably will need to know whether you are using Vista or WinXP or some other Windows version - which you didn't mention.

I'm not aware of any such virus. To give you any intelligent help, we'll need to know a few details about your missing files.

QW.exe. I don't think this has changed since the original Quicken for Windows in the early 1990s.

You're welcome.

RC

The default location is the Quicken folder, somewhere in the Programs folder. Use the Windows search function and ask for *.QDF . That should find it. I always put the data file in the My Documents folder so it is backed up with the rest of my files.

"Bob Newman" wrote in news:nnLFj.47290$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe18.lga:

Qw.exe is the program file

Data sets include anything named *.qdf

Most often, double clicking on the qdf file will start up Quicken with that data set (qdf and multple other files with the same name but different extension)

You should be able to searcg for "*.qdf" and select the file that is most recent. Note the (possibly very convoluted) path

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Where do you store your working files? Search your hard drive for *.QDF. You should find the BACKUP folder in the same folder as your working QDF file. This is one of the extensions used for the set of Q files.

Mine have always been stored in "My Documents\Quicken" so my backup folder is "My Documents\Quicken\BACKUP". Depending on your operating system the My Documents folder may be hidden so you'll need to change your folder options to "Show all hidden files and folders". I would also uncheck the "Hide extensions for known file types". This may also help you locate the Q files.

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A very good free and very fast search program is "Everything" available from

Works with Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7

As you type each character of your search request the program displays only the files with that content in the file name. In your case just type .qdf

Eric

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