Moving Q2008 Cash Manager data files... what do I need?

"Calab" wrote in news:anZKj.35343$rd2.6216@pd7urf3no:

Look at the dates of the files VS.QIF, XP.QIF and Q2008OFXLOG.DAT You may not need them. The Qif files are pure text, so you can open them with Notepad to see whether you want to keep them. Q2008OFXLOG.DAT is a log file. It probably is only of use if something went wrong with an OFX download from one of your FI's.

The QPH file holds stock prices other than trades, so it might be important for historical stock data, although that can be downloaded again for most securities.

Hi, Calab.

I don't know anything about Cash Manager and other non-US Quicken products. But if it works like Quicken (US), then your best solution is probably just to let Quicken handle it. (As our famous Greyhound Bus Lines used to advertising, "Just leave the driving to us!") If Backup doesn't save one of those files, you probably don't need it.

If I were doing this kind of job, I'd boot into Quicken and use Backup (+B) to backup my current "file" (which is really the whole set of files, of course) to a folder on that new drive. Then I'd start Quicken, click File | Open and browse to my QDF file on that new drive. When Quicken backs up its file, it backs up the full set; when it Opens the QDF file, it also opens the full set, or as much as it needs now any more when it needs them.

For safety, I would also copy the entire Quicken\BACKUP folder, which holds the 5 (by default) latest weekly automatically-created set of backup files. Quicken automatically creates that BACKUP (yes, the name is in ALL CAPS) subfolder in the folder where its data file is stored, so the name of yours may not be Quicken.

Note, too, that the Quicken Files menu includes an option to "Find Quicken Files", so you can use that if you lose track of something during the transition.

RC