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File Conversion and Backup (Windows)
Restore a Backup Without Overwriting Existing [edited]
Cynthia Weaver
How can i restore an old backup file or even open it up without replacing the existing backup?
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Quicken Anja
Hello
@Cynthia Weaver
,
Thank you for reaching out to the Community with your question.
Please, refer to this
support article
, and scroll down until you see
Quicken for Windows
and open the blue dropdown section(s) titled
Restore Quicken data
and/or
Restore an automatic backup
for instructions on how to restore a backup.
I hope this helps!
NotACPA
@Cynthia Weaver
I don't quite understand your question.
Opening/Restoring a backup file NEVER impacts another backup file.
Opening/Restoring a backup MIGHT overwrite your current Q data file ... but restoring that backup CAN be opened with another name .... thus leaving your current current Q data file intact. Is that what you're really asking about?
Greg_the_Geek
FWIW, you can also change the backup file extension from .QDF-backup to .QDF and then open the file in Quicken. You need to enable File name extensions in File Explorer.
ekim3546
Quicken fails to be a friendly user file. It will not open older files without requiring them to be restored!
QUICKEN IS NO LONGER USER FRIENDLY AND WHY THEY HAVE DONE THIS IS A MYSTERY!.....
BACKED UP FILES SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE OPENED WITHOUT REQUIRING THEM TO BE RESTORED. THE OLD QUICKEN DID ALLOW IT.
Greg_the_Geek
As I posted, you can open a Quicken backup file by changing the extension from
.QDF-backup to .QDF. Or from Quicken you can use File --> Restore a Backup File.
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