How do I fix a locked up backup in Quicken 2001?

ShellMan

I know Quicken 2001 Basic is no longer being supported and is far outdated. However, it still serves my purpose. That said, everything works fine except for when I try to backup the file. The backup hangs up (never starts) after I tell it to backup to the C drive or to an USB thumb drive and click ok. I have to use the Task Manager to abort it. It was working fine until I accidentally uninstalled it. I have reinstalled the software and have restored the data file from a previous backup. I have Windows 8.1, Quicken 2001 Release R 1. Everything is up-to-date with my software. Is there anyone out there that knows how to fix this? Copy works fine but backup doesn’t. No validation errors and permissions are set correctly.

ShellMan

Nothing worked so I copied the data file to a thumb drive and then I uninstalled Quicken, did a RegEdit from the run command. I searched for the word Quicken and deleted everything I could from the registry. Then I rebooted the computer. I then reinstalled Quicken and copy my backup back to the Quicken directory. Opened Quicken, tried the backup and everything worked.

Rocket J Squirrel

The first thing to do is update your QW2001 to Release 3. Get the patch file here: http://www.quicknperlwiz.com/quickenpatches.html . Scroll all the way down to the bottom of that page.

Greg_the_Geek

Download/install the Quicken 2001 Deluxe R3 patch from http://www.quicknperlwiz.com/quickenpatches.html.

ShellMan

Tried that but received an error message that says the ‘update will not work on your version of Quicken’.

Rocket J Squirrel

Yeah, it says it's for Deluxe. It was worth a try. Just do manual "backups" in Windows Explorer by manually copying your data files elsewhere. Make sure to close Quicken first and copy all the files of the same name with extensions such as .QDF, .IDX, .QEL, etc.

NotACPA

@carmfiel, Please confirm the Q product and Version/Build that you're running by doing HELP, About Quicken.

ShellMan

Guess I’ll have to do that for now.
Thanks

thecreator

Hi @ShellMan,

Delete the Manual Backup and simply create a new Manual Backup file. Real simple.

NotACPA

NotACPA said:

@carmfiel, Please confirm the Q product and Version/Build that you're running by doing HELP, About Quicken.

Do it anyway.  Even if you rejected this previously.  It's info that will help us in diagnosing your issue.

ShellMan

Quicken 2001 Basic Release R 1

volvogirl

You should at least try to convert to the 2013 version since you don’t use any online services or download transactions now.  Then it should run on newer versions of Windows.  Starting in 2014 they instituted an ID password to get into your own data. I’m staying on 2013.

2013 should run on Windows 10.  You can download 2013 for free (I think it's the Deluxe version) using this how to convert article.  It’s under Converting from Quicken 2004-2009.

https://www.quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken 

If your version is 2003 or earlier you will need to first convert to 2004.  Then convert to 2013.  Read that whole article on converting.

And FYI - If your Quicken was before 2010 you should have several files making up the data.

The main data file ends in .QDF.  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. 

ShellMan

Thanks. I’ll look into that.

ShellMan

Nothing worked so I copied the data file to a thumb drive and then I uninstalled Quicken, did a RegEdit from the run command. I searched for the word Quicken and deleted everything I could from the registry. Then I rebooted the computer. I then reinstalled Quicken and copy my backup back to the Quicken directory. Opened Quicken, tried the backup and everything worked.

thecreator

Hi @ShellMan,

That's good, but you never stated your operating system.

ShellMan

It was Windows 8.1

thecreator

How come you haven't bit the bullet, figuratively speaking, and upgraded to Windows 10?

ShellMan

Don’t need to . Only use it for personal checking and savings. Don’t need all the bells and whistles.

ShellMan

Sorry was referring to Quicken 2001. Windows 8.1 gives me all I need.