I have a old file from 1997 that I need to open in my current Quicken 2009 deluxe. When I do a restore backup file I see a window that says "performing initial conversion" or similar. This then completes in a message saying to go to file>open and select the file. When I do this I find, as expected, a file named 96-97.qdf in my current list of files. However when I select it to open the Quicken program closes and if I reopen it I am back to the file I originally had IE: my current file. Tried multiple times with same results so please help. Mel
Thanks John Guess I will have to first figure out what version I was running in 1996-7-8 then go where your URL suggests. Do you know if I can reinstall earlier versions back into computer without messing up current 2009 deluxe installation. I wonder if it will unset or reset some registry settings screwing up 2009. Mel
If you err, err on the side of using a newer version than you need. Older versions of Quicken could corrupt files if you tried to open a file from a newer version of Quicken. So I would start my conversion attempts with newer old versions and work my way backward as needed.
Q2009 does not play well with other versions of Quicken. I can't tell you about Q2009 and other, really old, versions of Quicken, but I would just plan that Q2009 will probably have some problems after you install older versions. So when you have a data file ready to convert to Q2009, just plan to uninstall Q2009 and re-install it. [I don't use the default Quicken install folder (Program Files > Quicken), I create a version specific folder (Program Files > Q2009).]
I also recommend going to Intuit's support site and downloading the manual updates (patches, or "releases") for any versions of Quicken you may want to use in the future ... and keeping them permanently on your hard drive. Intuit has instituted a new policy of keeping only the most current manual update available ... so if you updated to the latest release and did not like it, you would not be able to return to any earlier release for that version.
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