Why did Quicken 2009 replace my Quicken 2006?

First, You Proceed From a FALSE Assumption...

Indeed, Quicken `09 *did* "replace" Quicken `06... *ON Your Current Computer's HardDrive*... That Is, the... ummmm... "STALE" `06 Code has been Replaced/Updated with New & Improved `09 Code which Doubtless, "Runs FASTER & Jumps HIGHER"... Your Assumption, i.e., that Quicken '09 "replaced" [And Thereby Recinded/Lost/Denied Your continued use of the Previous Version of] Quicken `06, that somehow, Installing `09 DISINTEGRATED the `06 Install CD... or CANCELLED The User License for Same, is where That Assumption turned False... You STILL Have the `06 CD, and... [Don't Know WHY You would Want To] You Can, At Your Leisure, INSTALL `06 on Another Computer... where it will Work Just Fine... According to `06 Programming Code Standards... UNtil "replaced" with Spiffier `09 Code...

Well, NOT on The SAME MACHINE/OS anyway...

Yeah? AND? IF you Want To Suffe... iiiiihh... ENJOY the Ever- Obsolescing `06 Code, REpartion your Current [Single] HD, INSTALL a Dual-Boot OS, and REinstall `06 there... OR Acquire another Computer and INstall it there, thence to run... "compare"... the Software "side- by-side"...

In a Word: "Of Course they can"...

"Apples and Peanut Butter Gorillas"...

Intuit has NOT Required You to "destroy" `06... OR Your old car... NOR have you, In Any Cognizable Way, been Denied Use of `06... OR Your old car...

DO This: RETURN the UNsed Portion of Quicken 2006 to Intuit for a Refund of The UNspent Portion of The Purchase Price...

CHECK THAT... You were, NO DOUBT, Offered a Substantial Discount on the Price of Quicken `09 *On Account Of* the Fact that You Own a

Naughtius "The Check's In The Mail" Maximus

Is SomeThing SceWed UP with YOUr sHifT key?

No... What You're Seeing is My PATENTED D*****AD Detector DEtecting Known D******DS...

Naughtius "Works GOOD, Doesn'it?" Maximus

No, but you can't put them both in the same parking spot. The installation of 2009 didn't destroy your 2006 CD. It just took the parking spot on your hard drive.

If you think it has some value, you can put it on EBay. The bidding should give you a good idea about the value. I've also sold old software at the used book store.

If you want both versions on one computer, look here

-- Jim

Why would you spend the money to upgrade to 2009 if you still wanted to use

Good analogy. Thanks.

Do you know what you are talking about?

As someone else posted: If you want both versions on one computer, look here

So what do you think is the full price of Quicken Deluxe 2009 vs. the upgrade price for existing customers?

I paid for a full version of a new product, not an upgrade price. I expect to keep my old version until I determine when to dispose of it.

While Setting Aside Your Responsibility to Assert a CounterArgument... a *General* CounterArgument... To Some As-Yet- UNstated Objection to Some *Part* of my Original RE:, I'll Say This IN ANSWER TO the Above Foppish Retort:

So... *YES*... I can state With Some CONFIDENCE that *I* Know what I'm Talking About... ON The Condition that Your VAGUE, NEBULOUS Question, Ostensibly WRT "Quicken" is *STILL* a Question Concerning Quicken 2006 et al, AND The Software Publisher's MANDATORY Installation/Upgrade Policies & Procedures...

Mm Hmm... AND?

Well... I DON"T KNOW, What I Don't go to Intuit... OR PriceWatch... OR amazon.com... and Check There, The Offers for Existing Users of Quicken *X*...

THIS is so, becuz *MY* Current Version of Quicken is "Home and Business 2008"... [NOT "Deluxe"]

AND... Curiously, Some Might Observe, my 2008 is Even Now, EVERY TIME I Open it, NAGwaring me with a "Special Offer" to "Save 25% on [Your Choice Of Version] Quicken 2009, _PLUS_ Get Quicken Willmaker FREE"...

Well... Check That... CLICKing On the NAGware Offer Drops Me onto the Upgrade Offer Page where *MY* Only Choices are "Quicken Home & Business 2009" for $74.99 OR "Quicken Rental Property Manager 2009" for $112.49...

Meh...

So... I really Can't Know what "...is the full price of Quicken Deluxe 2009 vs. the upgrade price for existing customers?"

BUT, When It Comes To Intuit Upgrade/Installation Policies & Procedures...

Naughtius "ASK Me - I KNOW..." Maximus

In Quicken 2009, "When the "Quicken 2009 - Install Wizard" screen appears, press and hold Ctrl+Shift and then click the Next button. A message box warns you that the installer won't check for a previous version of Quicken, which means it'll leave your current version in place and install Quicken 2009"

- "Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual" by Bonnie Biafore.

Now who would have guessed that? I don't recall a dialog where the Installation asked me for choice of directory to install Quicken Deluxe 2009 into.

Recent Amazon.com prices on Quicken 2009 Home and Business (Full version): $79.79 (download) $69 (CD), free shipping

You wanna pay $74.99 for an *upgrade* to Quicken 2009 Home and Business?

For many users, having both versions would just confuse them. That would cause a lot more calls for support, and cost the company money. Intuit provided a method for installing both versions, but made it obscure so that only advanced users would be doing it. I would imagine that they would have told you how to do it, if you had called their support number instead of inquiring in this user new group.

Supporting software used by millions of people is not easy, and not cheap. There are many Quicken users don't even know that Usenet news groups exist. There are many more who don't understand files and directories. There are probably still some who didn't know enough to take the cup out of the cup holder before inserting the CD into it.

In any case, you now have the method for installing both, so you can compare, and decide which one you want to run.

-- Jim

Stop assuming your customers are stupid (even though by and large you are correct).

Why? We all know that Intuit already doesn't provide any support that's worth a crap. That's why we're here! Besides they charge for their crappy support so this would be a boon for them!

s/obscure/undocumented/

Boy you *do *have an imagination don't you! ROTFLMAO!!!

And is done horribly by Intuit and this has been that way for a decade at least! It *can* be done, easily and cheaply *IF* you start by writing good software!

Most computer users don't know what Usenet is. See my first point above...

See point #1 above...

Nor why, after asked for the 2nd diskette and inserting it, it's asking for the 3rd diskette but you can't quite fit the 3rd one in there because diskette #1 and #2 seem to be stuck! (Old joke I know but you get the point...)