Using Quicken "Find Quicken Files" in Vista

It works for me. I let it search in Local disk (C:) and it found my Q files located in C:\Users\Public. I copied one to C:\Users\{myid} and it found that too.

Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it.

I asked the question because someone said that:

File > Find Quicken Files

would not find files in the folder:

\Users\yourusername\Documents\Quicken

I was surprised by the claim; but more importantly, I wanted to verify it

Since I think that Microsoft - and even Quicken - expect Vista user data files to be in

\Users\yourusername\Documents\YourApplicationFolder

I was a bit surprised to read someone saying that Quicken can't find files in that folder.

Thank you very much for replying.

I realize you may not want to test this, but I would be interested if the same would be true if your Quicken user was not running as a user with admin priviledges.

John,

Ran (NOT AS administrator) and it found my data file, the five backup's and one file from 2006 that I didn't know I had in some obscure directory.

Oilcan

-----Orig> > > Can any Vista user tell me if you can use the Quicken feature

Thank you very much for replying.

I realize you may not want to test this, but I would be interested if the same would be true if your Quicken user was not running as a user with admin priviledges.

Hi, John.

Interesting...

As you know, my Quicken - both application and data - are in E:\QuickenW, a non-standard location, as they have been since Intuit added the "W" to indicate Quicken for Windows, back in the 1990s. And I have several Windows versions installed in several different partitions on my computer. So my results are very non-typical.

The Find Quicken Files finds my several files on E:, both my working file, plus my 5 backup sets in BACKUP, plus a couple of "manual" backups. It finds NO Quicken files on Drive J:, where Win7 is installed and where my J:\Users\RC folders are.

But it DID find a dozen or so old data files in the Recycle Bin! Some of these dated back to 2008 and I had no idea they were still hanging around. So I emptied my Recycle Bin and they are gone now - unless I use some file recovery utility before they get overwritten. Thanks for motivating me to find these. :^}

RC

Thanks for posting back, RC.

I know it would be an imposition, but could you do something for me?

Assuming you have a folder named

\Users\yourusername\Documents\Quicken

(or can easily create such a folder),

can you do a Quicken backup to that folder, then try the Quicken

File > Find Quicken Files

and see if Quicken finds the "backup" file you created.

I should have clarified my request to say that I am interested in your equivalent of the normal user's "C:" drive setup. Not having Vista, and not being well versed in the os characteristics, I have to look to others for such insights. I'm guessing it won't be too long before I will be forced to learn Vista for myself.

More importatantly, I suppose, is that I'm interested in whether there are some Vista restrictions that would prevent a typical Quicken user from being able to have Quicken "Find" their files in the

\Users\yourusername\Documents\Quicken

folder.

I think what I am looking for is whether there are Vista restrictions on locating (or opening!) files, that Quicken can not (or does not, by default) overcome.

Hi, John.

Yes, it worked.

Using Quicken's Backup command (Ctrl+B), I browsed for the Destination folder to J:\Users\RC\Documents\Quicken and clicked OK - and my current fileset was saved to that folder. Quicken reported success.

Then I used Find Quicken Files, and my new .qdf file in that J:\Users\RC\Documents\Quicken appeared. Windows Explorer shows the full

This is in Win7; I'm confident that the result would be the same in Vista, but I'm too lazy to try it just now.

As an additional test, I tried to Backup my current Quicken file to C:\Users\RC\Documents\Quicken, on the other partition (C:) where Vista is still installed, and Quicken refused, saying, "Unable to access the disk in drive C:." I did not pursue the matter by trying to give myself permission to access C:\Users\RC.

Now I'm going to go delete those files in J:\Users... before I forget that they are there. ;^}

RC

Many thanks.

Hi, John.

Followup: For other reasons, I needed to reboot into Vista, so I repeated my experiments there. Yes, Quicken on Vista will Backup to C:\Users\RC\Documents\Quicken, and then I can find my QDF file there. Windows Explorer shows that my full Quicken fileset is there. Quicken will not let me select my Win7's J:\Users folder for backup from Vista on C:, mirroring Win7's reaction in the other direction. I'm sure this relates to UAC and permissions but I didn't bother to explore the matter.

RC

I was hoping you might do that; thanks a lot.

Just to confirm: haven't you said your Windows user has admin rights?

Hi, John.

Yes, my account is in the Administrator group. And Win7 lets me do many tasks with fewer "are you sure" interruptions than Vista does. But some restrictions are still enforced, mostly to insure privacy and security.

I'm sure I COULD "take ownership" of my C:\Users\RC folder (on my Vista partition) while running Win7 (on J:). But I don't really want to do that, so I didn't. Both Vista and Win7 see me as a different User when I'm booted into the other OS, even though I use the same UserName in each. Something about those big long SID strings of hex digits.

As Paul Harvey used to say sometimes, "Don't ask me for details. I've already told you more than I know." I've often disclaimed knowledge of permissions and such. Vista and Win7 have forced me to learn a little about those subjects, but I'm still far from an expert.

RC