I accidentally deleted an important transaction. I have a backup file though it's a few days old. Is there any way to retrieve the single record? I've made too many change recently to want to recover the whole file.
Is there some way to retrieve the whole file without overlaying my current file, then somehow pluck the single tx from the retrieved file?
Nevermind. I sorta did it. Restored it to the desktop, printed the single tx (it had a lot of split entries) and manually recreated it in the current file.
infodex wrote
Nevermind. I sorta did it. Restored it to the desktop, printed the single tx (it had a lot of split entries) and manually recreated it in the current file.
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For the future:
If you take action soon enough, you can undo a delete in a non-investment account. Right-click in the register and choose "Undo delete". If it is grayed out, you do not have a delete that can be redone. I believe that "Undo delete" applies to all transactions deleted with a single "Delete" in that account.
If you are unable to Undo the delete, you can use Copy Transaction/Paste Transaction to copy a single transaction from a register in one file to a register in another file. Right-click the transaction, select "Copy Transaction(s)". Open the second file, open the account, right-click in the register/transaction-list and select "Paste Transaction(s)".
Thanks. I'll check that out.
FWIW, I tried that. Copied the tx from the restored file but when I tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out. Maybe both files need to be open at the same time?
infodex wrote
FWIW, I tried that. Copied the tx from the restored file but when I tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out.
Maybe both files need to be open at the same time?
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No. In fact, not necessary and not possible.
The only restriction I know of is that you can't paste non-investment transactions into investment accounts, or investment transactions into non-investment accounts.
I tested with Q2015 R8 and Q2014 R8, but I'm pretty sure it has worked in every version of Quicken for at least a decade.
Did you exit Quicken program before opening the second QDF file? Try opening the second file from the File menu with the first open.
JB
Did you exit Quicken program before opening the second QDF file? Try opening the second file from the File menu with the first open.
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Yes, you're absolutely right. The copied transaction is on the Quicken clipboard, which is lost when you exit Quicken.
I've never used the feature for real - only tested with it several times. I once knew that you could not close Quicken during the process, but forgot. I definitely used the File menu to open the second Quicken file when I tested for this discussion.
Thanks for remembering.
Did you exit Quicken program before opening the second QDF file? Try opening the second file from the File menu with the first open.
JB
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