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How safe is the quicken encryption of files?

Quicken has a password-protection option where you type in a password and your file is encrypted. How good is this encryption and how does it depend on the length or complexity of my password? A google search reveals a lot of "quicken password…
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Are there problems using Quicken with Dropbox?

I wanted to start using Quicken 2011 and thought it would be a good idea to use it with Dropbox so my wife can access the file from another computer and we'll also always have an online backup. I don't care about simultaneous use (only one of us…
crix
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MICR / Check printing

I want to print my own checks on blank stock from Quicken and QuickBooks. To do so, I need a virtual driver that intercepts the print output from Quicken formats the fields properly, and adds the MICR text at the bottom of the check. This is for…
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Quicken 2014 opens on 2nd monitor not default after changing other monitor positions

All other apps not affected. Have incident number with Quicken Tech but that may take months. Feel it is a simple edit in Windows Registry but need what to look for so I can search for it. Using work-around tenporarily: Windows key/Shift and right…
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Quicken passworded file import in quickboks

I am trying to import some quicken files into quickbooks. The files have a password on them. Is there a way to do this import or get the password off the quicken file? I do have the password, I just dont have Quicken...
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Checkbook programs for excel?

Are there any good checkbook programs for exel (or other software) that will take a csv file from the bank? The banks now seem to be trying to force you to install a newer version of quicken and possibly pay a monthly fee for downloads.
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Windows 10 -System has blocked Quicken from accessing the following file/folder: c:\users\Admin\AppData\roaming\Intuit so Quicken won't start up

Not sure why this is happening. Spent hours on the phone with Quicken, with no resolution. Two unexplained issues about this error. That folder - AppData\Roaming\Intuit doesn't exist and Quicken doesn't create that folder anymore. Their…
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Quicken 98 deluxe financial calendar

I run this SW since the nineties, from Windows 3.1 to 98, XP, 7 and now 10. Somewhere I found the solution to the "your backup disk is aout of space" message. But now one of the most convenients features (for me) is gone. In the financial calendar,…
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My Quicken 401(K) account has changed to Checking. How do I fix this?

This is actually the second time this has happened to me, but I don't remember what I did last time (nor can I find the original forum post that helped then). I'm using Quicken Mac 2007. My 401(k) account, previously properly set up, has changed,…
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Quicken resource fork issue? Identical files behaving differently (one works, one doesn't)

My hard drive recently crashed, and my last Time Machine backup was in November. Fortunately, I was able to get all the data successfully recovered, however, I'm having a serious issue opening my Quicken Backup Files, which contain a lot of my…
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How to install Quicken 98 on Windows 10?

Quicken 98 installs fine on Windows 7; not Windows 10 however. I've tried compatibility settings to no avail. With Windows 7, it worked provided you picked the win95 folder and ran the setup in there, rather than the root install.exe. Presumably…
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How does one recover Quicken data from a hard drive without the original computer?

I have a hard drive with Windows XP and Quicken 2008 from an old computer that is not available. Naturally, this drive will not boot on the new hardware. However, I can access the files from the new Windows 7 machine that has Quicken 2010. Since I…
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Can I undo an automatic rename in Quicken?

In Quicken, sometimes a renaming rule incorrectly renames a payee, and I'm wondering if there's a way to access or restore the original name before it was processed by the renaming rules.
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Is there some replacement for Quicken Home Inventory on Windows 7?

I have Quicken Home Inventory from Intuit and now I got a new computer with Windows 7 and it won't run. I'm looking for some other inventory program, that can load all the data I have. I looks like QHI does not have export option, and it would be…
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Importing GnuCash data into Quicken

I've been looking and it seems like no one has ever moved from GnuCash to Quicken! I know that GnuCash can import .qif's but Quicken cannot import GnuCash's XML files and I can't see any way to convert it. I've asked Quicken for help and they told…
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