Moving a quicken file to a new account

Jul 13, 2025 Last reply: 11 months ago 3 Replies

Is it possible to move a quicken file to a new account.



Here's the issue.



I run a small non-profit with quicken classic deluxe. I'm trying to plan for the unlikely disaster that I get hit by a bus and someone has to use our backups to recover.



The backups will contain the current quicken qdf file. But I use my personal quicken account for this as well as my personal qdf file.



Is it possible for them to open the qdf changing its account on a different machine? Or is the account in effect a qdf password?



If not, can I run two quicken accounts for different qdf files on the same windows machine? And could they open the file knowing the account name and password on a different machine?


Unfortunately ALL Quicken account backups are placed in the one folder specified in the setup.

My backups for the entire computer are controlled by a batch file and before backing up the Q backups are moved to separate folders using the qdf file name and also limited by quantity of files kept for each (ForeFiles...). Of course a folder can be in any location, even in a different backup so you can keep them under different passwords also.

If I understand the topologu and question correctly, why don't you put the NPO's QDF file in the cloud, like on a shared DROPBOX account or Google Drive? Away from your personal QDF files on your local drive. Even if it is managed originally using your own Quicken ID, I believe when you open it from another user, you can specify a new Quicken userid if not your own. This requires them having a copy of Quicken on the NPO's computer.

Of course, this should be relatively easy to test from both your computer as well as the NPO's once you set up access to the file from the cloud and get Quicken on the NPO's computer.

And setting up a backup/recovery process should ALWAYS be tested before you actually need to use it! That's a step a lot of people don't bother doing, thinking physical access is all that is needed.

Thanks. I actually figured that out after I posted the question and have tried it.

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