Using this version faithfully for years ... then suddenly begin getting this error. Restore backup - validate, super validate (no reported errors) ... but a few transactions - and bam - get this error again (when I go to perform a backup). Restore backup again. Record a few transactions - backup after each. Everything appears fine. Shut down Quicken - bring it back up - just hourglassing ... menu is present - but nothing else. I go to most frequently used data files - and change to backup file - then change back to active data file - get this error. I've tried numerous combinations (tried making copies ... going back month at a time to isolate when the problem begain - recently .. no luck) - in an effort to isolate the issue.
I installed Quicken on another machine .. and same issue. So the problem seems to be with the software and/or data files (i.e. not a system issue).
Files: QDATA.QDF file is 15 Meg QDATA.QEL 35K QDATA.QPH 2.4 meg QDATA.QSD 173K QDATA.QTX 4K
I'm running on Windows XP SP2.
One other noteworthy item - I wrote some of my own code to get updates for my stock prices (to csv) - then import those prices into Quicken. Been doing it since they disabled quote updates. Read poor reviews of subsequent releases - so decided to just stay where I was - happy with the version - and work around the restriction.
I've tried deleting combinations of these files - and been unable to isolate the problem.
So I appear to have a working data file ... but some issue is causing it to
Any ideas as to what the issue is? What are my options to rectify the situation?