Quicken gurus:
Is there any tool available which can inspect/cleanup my Q 2001 and Q 2005 files? I realize that I can export to QIF and then view the file - although my files are big. I could possibly make some changes to the file but Q 2005 doesn't allow me to import the QIF back in. How can I export, inspect, and then import the same data back into Q 2005?
The reason for my questions:
After a recent upgrade to Q 2005 I have discovered that my set of Quicken 2005 files appears to be damaged in some way. When I had Q 2001, all was well - I could always perform backups and always download stock quotes without any problems. With 2005 I can do neither. I get the FILE NOT BACKED UP message and the logfile reveals:
QDF: Incorrect file size. Validating the QDF file.
QEL: No read errors.
QEL: All internal consistency checks passed.
I can only seem to get no errors if I backup to floppies, but this is inconvenient as multiple floppies are need.
When performing stock ticker downloads, Q just crashes on me. I even tried reinstalling 2005 and performing validation & supervalidation to my Q files - both the 2001 Q files and the 2005 Q files (after I converted the 2001 Q files into the Q 2005 file format). So, it appears that something becomes lost/damaged in translating my Q 2001 files into Q 2005.
Is anyone aware of any data loss/damage to files which may occur when upgrading from an earlier version of Quicken?
I have even considered exporting each account in Quicken to a separate QIF file (brokerage, savings, 401k, etc.), importing each of the QIF files into MS Money 2006, and then converting the MS Money file in Q 2005 (via Q 2005) in hopes that the process 'cleans itself up' of any damaged data.
Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks.