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I want to upgrade from Quicken Windows 2007. What version can I use that will maintain my current data files?

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Quicken should be answering all our questions. They have many problems. I have Quicken 2014 on Windows 98  and works well for me. I don't dare upgrade until Quicken gets their act together !

Quicken Colin

To upgrade from Quicken 2007, see this article: https://www.quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken.  If you need real time assistance with the process you can reach out to customer support here: https://www.quicken.com/support#contact-support. If you prefer assistance from the community, please reply below with any issues or follow up questions.

UKR

You waited a little too long to modernize your Quicken version, so a few extra steps may be required.

Before you do anything, you may have to modernize your computer.
Windows versions older than Windows 7 are no longer supported by Microsoft.
Quicken for Windows 2017 will not install on any Windows version older than Vista.

If your computer supports it I recommend you upgrade to Quicken 2017 for Windows.

Quicken 2017 (any feature level except Starter Edition) will be able to process your Q 2007 data file but you will have to perform a two-step intermediate conversion process. The details are outlined in this article:
https://www.quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken

If you can find older Quicken for Windows versions at reputable Internet retailers, you can also use one of those.

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Quicken Colin said:

To upgrade from Quicken 2007, see this article: https://www.quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken.  If you need real time assistance with the process you can reach out to customer support here: https://www.quicken.com/support#contact-support. If you prefer assistance from the community, please reply below with any issues or follow up questions.

But that article says there will be data problems, and Quicken is not allowed to help us with any version prior to ver 2010. I have ver 2008 on Win-10 and don't dare upgrade. (Partly because I don't clean out my file year-after-year like Quicken wants.)

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Quicken Colin said:

To upgrade from Quicken 2007, see this article: https://www.quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken.  If you need real time assistance with the process you can reach out to customer support here: https://www.quicken.com/support#contact-support. If you prefer assistance from the community, please reply below with any issues or follow up questions.

Not sure where you get the impression that Quicken wants you to do a year end copy and "clean out your file year-after-year".

Because, I'd like you to show me where that EVER appears in any Quicken literature or help file.

On the contrary, almost every superuser on here discourages people from "breaking up their data file" in the name of historical transaction continuity and comparison.  

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Quicken Colin said:

To upgrade from Quicken 2007, see this article: https://www.quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken.  If you need real time assistance with the process you can reach out to customer support here: https://www.quicken.com/support#contact-support. If you prefer assistance from the community, please reply below with any issues or follow up questions.

Apparently that was only recommended in older versions of Quicken, after I've looked around. The capability is still there, but it's now discouraged. Glad at least for that. But I still don't trust upgrading from 2008-Premier.

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Quicken Colin said:

To upgrade from Quicken 2007, see this article: https://www.quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken.  If you need real time assistance with the process you can reach out to customer support here: https://www.quicken.com/support#contact-support. If you prefer assistance from the community, please reply below with any issues or follow up questions.

That's fine for you.  Someone who isn't downloading transactions and basically wants just a check register and some reporting capabilities.

If i wanted that I would just use a spreadsheet and accomplish the same thing.

You're using a 9 year old version of Quicken.  You're happy with that.  

Good luck. 

volvogirl

And one thing you should know about before and after 2010.......


All Quicken versions prior to QW2010 store your data in a series of files all sharing the same filename but with different extensions like - .QDF, .IDX, .QEL, .QPH and all 4 of those files were rolled into a single-file .QDF starting in 2010.