Okay ... here's a new question. I have Quicken 2007 installed on two XP Pro computers. The "data" is stored on Computer A. I want Computer B to be able to not only see the data, but work with it. I've "shared" the "data" folder, but for some reason Computer B asks me for a data file location every time I open Quicken and I have to go through the whole My Network Places routine to get to it. What can I do so that Computer B will open with the file already there ?
"Jan Groshan" wrote in news:NjPyi.4049$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net:
Several ways: make a shortcut on the computer that does NOT have the data with the shortcut just referfencing the qdf file of your data set. Double clicking that should launch Quicken with tha data set, although the file is not on that computer. Note that if this is a computer that an unwanted person could get into would subject you to the possibility of identity fraud. If yor email address is real, note that it isn't smart to identify yourself in a newsgroup.
GO FIND OUT WHAT MUNGING MEANS.
The other way is to run the computer with the data remotely.
BUT FIRST, make sure that you practice safe computing.
You haven't said how the computers are linked. If we assume you are using a router and B -at least - hooks in wirelessly, then, if you map a drive to A, you may find that when booting B up you will consistently get an error message about not finding a network drive. This will be because the boot sequence attends to mapping before your wireless rig detects and links to the router.
Once B is up and running, you can sign in (you did share the A drive/folder/files with a specific user who needs a password to access A, didn't you?!? right?? huh?!?) to A, kick off Quicken and things will work hunky dory. Of course, as mentioned elsewhere in this and other threads, Quicken is not designed to work in network environment, meaning that in a network-aware application individual records are made available and locked to first user requesting, and not unlocked until user moves on, which, further, means that B could access record, change it and save it, and A would be blocked from ALSO changing the same record at the same time, although A could read the record. Once B release record, of course, A could access and change.
Anyway, once you can work with your data from either A or B, make sure no one else is using Quicken on B or A, as the case may be (that is, on the computer on which you are NOT presently working with Quicken.
We are networked via a hardwire router, not wireless. Yes, I shared the folder with the B computer. When I open Quicken on the B computer, I get the opening screen asking me if I want to open a file on that computer, restore a file, or create a new file. In order to get to the data I need to go to My Network Places, and then choose the shared folder, and then choose which file I'm sharing in that folder. What I want is when the B computer opens Quicken, the information is already there. I'm aware that only A or B can be in the program at a given time. That's not a problem. Having the B computer open directly to the shared file is. That's why I thought mapping might be the answer. If the A computer is always on when the B computer boots up, would that error message still occur ?
I don't know whether there are other approaches that will work, but mapping the Quicken data folder on the "server" to a drive letter should solve the problem.
I am trying to do the same thing as Jan and posted the same question soon after he did. The shortcut approach does not work - Quicken opens the file resident on the local computer not the file on the remote computer that I set the shortcut to. If you delete the local Quicken file, Quicken comes up with a screen asking if you want to setup a new account. The problem is as Jan describes it and you can not reliably run the file remotely.
I have been accessing the data on my other computer for several years with no problems. The computers are networked, the drive on the other computer where the Quicken file is stored is mapped to this computer, access is shared, and once you open the file the first time, it opens fine each time after that.
Mapping appears to be the problem solving answer. Of course it opens up a whole other question. I've never "mapped" a drive before and don't have the slightest idea how to do it.
"Jan Groshan" wrote in news:0x8zi.871$ snipped-for-privacy@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com:
You should first sit at that machine and make sure the directory or drive you want is shared and that other computers have the rights to access and change files. Then, when exploring the networked computer from the remote machine, righ-click on the drive or folder and choose map drive.
The folders on the server computer must be set to "Share" or the other computer won't be able to see the files or to map to that drive.
If you can see the folder on the server machine from your other machine then everything is setup correctly.
If you can't then open up windows explorer on the server computer. Navigate to the folder containing the quicken files. Right click on the folder name and select "sharing and security". Under Network Sharing and security, click on the box labeled "share this folder on the network". Also, select the box that says "Allow network users to change my files". Click ok to complete the setup.
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