Currently using Quicken 2008, and this was installed over 2006. Now I just purchased Quicken 2010.
Is it preferable to uninstall 2008 and then install 2010, or just install 2010 over 2008 by putting in the install disc and following directions? (Using Windows XP)
les wrote in news:9307e5ad-3fe6-4ecd-86b2- snipped-for-privacy@q18g2000vbm.googlegroups.com:
Make sure you have good backups, and kow how your reports ae supposed to work. Then just install over the old installation.
Question: Q2010 is going to be old really soon, because Q2011 will be here. Did you get a really good price for Q2010 now, or a free upgrade to
2011?
I do not see much value to the updates, but we are forced to upgrade to keep the ability to download transactions. I just bought a unopened version of 2010 for about $35 on ebay.
les wrote in news:f56b55ca-d617-469a-8b9c- snipped-for-privacy@z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:
Good!
Unless you have a good reason for keeping *any* older versions of Quicken, I suggest you do not try to do so. Newer versions of Quicken (definitely including Q2010) will - by default - uninstall older versions of Quicken, when they install. You will almost always want to do this.
[Personally, I never install one version of Quicken in the same folder as another version of Quicken.]
I'm curious, why do you install the newer version in a different folder? I know that the install will delete the older version, but by doing so, it does not delete all the files in the folder (at least that was by past experience). I would like to get rid of all the old files that are no longer needed.
Definitely upgrade. I've upgraded just about every year with no problems.
It's definitely a good idea, though, to backup the database(s) first, though. I usually follow this procedure:
1) Back up the database to a different location than normal 2) use the built in utility to copy the database 3) print out several reports that detail balances, etc. 4) validate the database. More problems are caused by database problems than any other source. If there are problems, fix them first. 5) upgrade Q 6) print the same reports from step 3. Compare. If differences, identify and try to fix.Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP W> Currently using Quicken 2008, and this was installed over 2006. Now I
By having different folders for each version; I have the files from each version isolated from the files from a different version. If there are problems with an uninstall, or an install, there's no overlap. I can, for example, just manually delete the files from a given folder, if I feel it necessary. Plus if there are any unwanted stray references around to an older version, they will more easily be identified by having a path that is different from the path to the newest version.
And, in my case, also because I frequently run the new version in parallel with the old version for a while ... and that requires different folders.
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