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How can you get two machines to share quicken at different times (not at the same time)

Hello,

A home we have several computers and only has quicken. To make it easier I am trying to see if I can house quicken in the windows 8 desktop and set it up so it can be accessed either via a mac or another windows laptop.

Ideas?

Thanks

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schealer
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"schealer" wrote in message news:9c22e$5096df49$43de0cc0$ snipped-for-privacy@news.flashnewsgroups.com...

You can do that by "sharing" the drive or sub-directory (folder) that has the Quicken data file. The other computers within the network would have to have Quicken "installed" on them, and then merely point to the "shared" drive to access the file.

Other considerations - What version of Quicken ? This could be installed on another Win machine, but not a Mac unless using in Win mode.

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ps56k

Install Quicken on multiple machines and save/open the data file on a network or cloud share such as Dropbox. Works like a charm.

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totfit

schealer wrote in news:9c22e$5096df49$43de0cc0$ snipped-for-privacy@news.flashnewsgroups.com:

I'd use teamviewer and remote access. Less chance of accidentally trying to work with the same files from 2 different machines. Teamviewer is free for noncommercial use, and just uses your computers as remote terminals. It does mean that both the machine you're sitting at and the remote machine are totally under your control. Junior can't play games on the remote machine while you work Quicken.

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Han

This question comes up in this NG about once every 6 months. Apparently certainly doable, but in full disclosure, it is not supported by Intuit so you run all the risks.

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Andrew

Yes, but nothing is supported by Intuit, so...

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andyza

Does this mean that the latest versions of Quicken will run the data file from a network???

I went from 2009 (data file on network) to 2011 (would only run data file from local drive). If the newer versions will let me open the data file from the network, it's a good reason for me to consider upgrading. Deb

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Deb B

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