Downloading Dimensional Fund Advisor (DFA) mutual fund data

I have never been able to get Quicken to download the net present value of certain mutual funds that I hold, specifically any Dimensional Fund Advisor funds. Quicken's Home and Business One Step Update simply ignores any mutual fund code associated with these funds (in the form DFAxxx, where "xxx" identifies specific funds with a 3 number code). On any other investment tracking site on the web, I have never had any problem getting daily readouts of any Dimensional Fund Advisor Funds, however, I would like One Step update to download these numbers and update my Quicken files automatically. Now I have to periodically update price information manually for these funds.
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ISTR reading something here in the Community that you need to set up the ticker symbol something like TSE:DFAxxx (or set a checkmark "US" vs. "Canadian exchange")
Thank you for that additional information, although I apologize for any frustration or inconvenience experienced.
I took the liberty of adding a Dimensional Fund Advisor fund to my data file in Quicken for Windows Canada (R22.15) and was able to successfully update the price information.
If you haven't already, please open the security list (Tools > Security List) and select one of the DFA funds.
In the window that opens, click on "Edit Security Details" and adjust the "Exchange" dropdown to "Mutual Funds" and click OK.
A dialogue window will open, asking how you would like to handle the symbol change, I recommend selecting "default".
Once completed, please update the fund and let us know if the price information now updates.
Thank you,
Sarah
It is good to know, however, that the DFA funds can be downloaded through the one-step update. There must be a hiccup in my system somewhere that is preventing this. I have the same version number you do on the Cdn Quicken program.