Can I have 2 Quicken files open at the same time in Quicken Windows?

lestermae

I have different Quicken files for different family businesses. Occasionally I have transactions that affect more than one file. It would be easier if all those files could be open at once, similar to having multiple "tabs" or windows open in a web browser. Does Quicken have this capability and I just can't figure it out?

splasher

No.  The closest you can come to that is to run Virtual Machine software so that you have a window running a second copy of Windows and have Quicken running in that Windows instance also.

UKR

An enhancement request has previously been posted and is available here:

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7603255/enhancement-request-multiple-q-files-open-at-once-7-merged-votes

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Ps56k2

lestermae said: I have different Quicken files for different family businesses. Occasionally I have transactions that affect more than one file.

just curious what kind of transaction would effect more than one Quicken "unrelated" business files ?

Peggy S

I would like this too. Lately I have had problems with Quicken changing the starting date on bank accounts that have old transactions archived off. I need to look at transactions from an old backup version and correct the current version. This is hard to do when I can't look at both at once. And this is happening much too frequently lately!