Datasheet

The mysterious case of the

missing Quicken data files

If Quicken doesn’t find the old files, you need to open the specific files. But if

you have this problem, you should be able to solve it yourself. What has hap-

pened, if you find yourself in this boat, is that you’ve moved or messed

around with the Quicken files using some other program, such as Windows

Explorer. If you did that, presumably, you had a reason. And more to the

point, you should know where you put the files.

Using the File➪Find Quicken Files command

You can use File➪Find Quicken Data Files to select and open your existing

Quicken files. Here’s how:

1. Choose File➪Find Quicken Files from the menu bar by using your

mouse.

Figure 1-9 shows the Find Quicken Data File dialog box that appears after

you choose the command. Quicken uses this dialog box to collect the

information it will need to find your lost Quicken data.

2. Tell Quicken on which disk the data file is probably stored.

Select the disk you want Quicken to search from the Look In list box.

Note that you can click the down arrow to the right of the Look In box to

display a list of your computer’s disks.

From the list of drives and folders that appears, click the one that stores

your Quicken files. Quicken closes the drop-down list box and displays

your selection in the list box beneath the Look In box.

3. Click Find to search the search.

Quicken searches the specified disk for Quicken data files. As Quicken

finds data files, it adds them to the Data Files Found list box.

Figure 1-9:

The Find

Quicken

Data File

dialog box.

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