I do annual accounting on PC windows, for the 2nd year I can not find the last year (yr 2018)

Lynette

I save to flash drive, every time the question z'choose a location to save your restored file"
I do not know how to answer that question.
#2 I can not find last year's posting (yr 2018)

Lynette

help me save, restore and find last years work

NotACPA

Do I understand that you're creating a new Q data file for each calendar year?

That's a bad idea, and unnecessary, as Q's reports can easily be filtered to only select particular date ranges (Last Month, Last Week, Last Quarter, Last year, or a completely custom date range).

And, WHERE are you storing your actual Q Data File?  It will have a file name that ends in .QDF.  The STRONGLY recommended location is in a Quicken folder underneath your Documents folder.

Lastly, are you doing a RESTORE of your Q data file from the Flash drive to your hard drive every time you start Q?  That would be a LOT of unnecessary work.