I have to change the date on my computer back to the previous year in order to open old reports, why

hermiet7433

I have quicken delux 2014. Every year when the calendar changes I am not able to open old reports unless I change my computer date to that year.

Ps56k2

Reports are usually associated with a Date Range -

and they may be defaulting to "this year" ...

So - update the sate range and re-save the report, possibly with a edited title/name

hermiet7433

Tried that already, didn't work.

UKR

1) Old Quicken Patch downloads 2000+

When running an old, unsupported Quicken for Windows version you may no longer be able to download bug fixes (patch files) directly from Quicken.
However, until further notice they are still available here:
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If clicking on Help / About Quicken does not show the highest Release number available for your version (year), as shown on this webpage, download and install the appropriate file(s) from the link above.

2) Using today's date in your computer, show us what you have, what do you change and what are the results.

Which specific report are you selecting?
In the US versions, some Tax reports are limited to only a specified number of tax years which you cannot change to go outside the specified selections. Use an equivalent report showing tax information based on a selected Date Range, from ... to ...

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The Windows Snipping Tool (available with Windows 7 and up) can be used to capture a partial screen image and save it to a file.  Microsoft Paint can be used to annotate the image.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots
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