Q2002 R2 - An error occurred during the last task

Neither a Validate, nor a super-validate, will address errors in your QPH file.

So, you might try renaming it and see if the problems go away. If they do, just re-build the QPH.

db

Tried that ... deleted the QPH file. Imported updated stock prices - everything seems fine. I make a few transactions, backup after each. Seems fine - then randomly - go to do a backup - and get the error again. Tried deleting the QTX and QEL files too.

I guess next up - uninstall / reinstall. Not a huge fan of Quicken right now.

Neither a Validate, nor a super-validate, will address errors in your QPH file.

So, you might try renaming it and see if the problems go away. If they do, just re-build the QPH.

db

Have uninstalled/reinstalled. Defragged .. validated, super validated, gone down to just qdf file ... continue to get this error. I am reluctant to simply upgrade and hope this goes away.

What other options do I have? I've never used QIF - but can I export existing account info - and start over - and then reimport my account info?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I had a problem several times that would not go away with reinstall, etc. It was a hang, or crash to desktop. I worked with Intuit support for about 3 hours before they gave up. I tried the file on another computer, and it worked OK, so I was pretty sure that it was not the source of the problem. If possible, I'd recommend that you try that before trying what I'm going to suggest.

I deleted the directory "c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\intuit\quicken". (You can just rename it to old_quicken if you don't want to delete it.) I then did a "repair install" of the program. That created a replacement directory, and the files within. That resolved the problem completely.

The directory is a place where Quicken keeps temporary files. I believe that one of the files was damaged when I had added a new account, but online setup had failed.

Note that this is for Windows XP. It may be different on another version of Windows.

Hope this helps...

-- Jim

Thanks for the info.

Yeah, I installed Quicken on another separate machine ... transferred just the QDF file - and got the same error (no pattern to it - no common reproducible scenario). Got 12 years of data - and no real means to get at it. If nothing else - my confidence in the product is shook.