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File Conversion and Backup (Windows)
Current Quicken file embedded date won't update with file changes
jdwgt62
After restoring a Quicken file, the date embedded in the current file name won't change to the current date when I make changes to the file. For the backup file name to be accurate, I have to manually change the date on the backup file to the current date.
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GeoffG
File names with dates do not and never will update as you are suggesting. What you want to change when performing a backup is the date associated with the file, which is accomplished in the backup settings.
Your data file should be static and ideally be named QDATA or such without any spaces or special characters.
thecreator
Hi
@jdwgt62
,
See this FAQ:
https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7307115/add-your-quicken-information-to-your-posts-plus-how-you-are-connected-to-the-internet
You haven't disclosed whether you are running Windows or MAC or anything else.
As far as Restoring Manual Backups for Windows, unless you choose to overwrite your existing Quicken Data File, the Restored Quicken Data File, will contain the name of the file that was originally backed up and the Date when the file was backed up.
You should never include the current date as part of the filename.
For example: Judge.qdf or wife.qdf or Bob.qdf and even
Creator's Quicken Data
as a filename that Quicken named when I didn't enter one.
You can use the apostrope in a filename.
thecreator
Hi
@GeoffG
,
You can indeed include the Apostrope in a filename.
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