As long as your have Manual Backups with Date, just go to File Backup and Restore Restore from Backup File Dot Restore from your Backup. Browse to the location of your Manual Backup. Highlight the Name and click Open. Click Restore Backup. You have a choice to Overwrite existing file or Create a Copy. Click Restore Backup.
That's it.
If you create a copy, and it looks fine, you can go back to the old file and repeat and choose to Overwrite the existing file, instead.
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Note: Product What's New in Quicken is grayed out.. Also Year is stuck on 2020 and Copyright Date is stuck 2018 in About Quicken.
In the popup that comes up, select which type of file you want restore ("automatic" or "your (manual) backup".
If you have automatic backups set up you will see the list of backup files that have been saved. Select the file you wish to restore. (You can identify the date and time of the file in the 2nd half of the backup file name.)
If you wish to restore a manual backup file you might need to browse to where the file is stored to select it.
Then click "Restore Backup" and then select how you want the file restored (overwrite or create a copy). You will then be given the opportunity to decide where you want the file saved and how you want it to be named. I recommend creating a copy, saving it in the same folder as your current file and then giving it a new name. This way you still have your original file just in case you end up needing it for something.
I have done what you both suggested, several times, before posting this question. What happens when I click to Restore, I receive the message: "Quicken can't restore this file because it's currently in use." Note: the file I am trying to restore is more than two weeks old.
Is the Quicken data file (where you are restoring to) in a "cloud folder" like OneDrive or Dropbox?
If so you will get this kind of error because when these programs see the data file change they will try to lock it to be able to back it up. Preventing Quicken from writing to it.
(I'm using the latest Quicken subscription version)
Try saving the backup file you are trying to restore with a different name. For instance, if the original file is "Quicken Data.qdf", maybe change it to "Quicken Data-1.qdf". That should avoid any such conflict.
I have done what you both suggested, several times, before posting this question. What happens when I click to Restore, I receive the message: "Quicken can't restore this file because it's currently in use." Note: the file I am trying to restore is more than two weeks old.
Also, what Anti-Virus program is being used, besides Windows?
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Note: Product What's New in Quicken is grayed out.. Also Year is stuck on 2020 and Copyright Date is stuck 2018 in About Quicken.
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As long as your have Manual Backups with Date, just go to
File
Backup and Restore
Restore from Backup File
Dot Restore from your Backup.
Browse to the location of your Manual Backup.
Highlight the Name and click Open.
Click Restore Backup.
You have a choice to Overwrite existing file or Create a Copy.
Click Restore Backup.
That's it.
If you create a copy, and it looks fine, you can go back to the old file and repeat and choose to Overwrite the existing file, instead.
Windows 10 Pro 32 & 64-Bit Build 21292.1010
also Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit Build 19042.746
Note: Product What's New in Quicken is grayed out.. Also Year is stuck on 2020 and Copyright Date is stuck 2018 in About Quicken.
View: https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7859218/work-with-copies-of-your-actual-quicken-data-files/p1?new=1
If so you will get this kind of error because when these programs see the data file change they will try to lock it to be able to back it up. Preventing Quicken from writing to it.
Please post back the complete paths to both the Data File and the Manual Backup Data File.
Example:
G:\My Documents\Quicken
Z:\Quicken Backup\Creator's Quicken Data-2020-03-31.QDF-backup
Also, what Anti-Virus program is being used, besides Windows?
Windows 10 Pro 32 & 64-Bit Build 21292.1010
also Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit Build 19042.746
Note: Product What's New in Quicken is grayed out.. Also Year is stuck on 2020 and Copyright Date is stuck 2018 in About Quicken.
View: https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7859218/work-with-copies-of-your-actual-quicken-data-files/p1?new=1