Update one bank account to two Quicken files

Question

I have access to multiple accounts at my bank, including my kids. After malware took out my sons quicken file and backups (long story), we came up with the idea that I use one-step-update to his accounts to my file as a backup. He will still update his own separate quicken file. Can one bank account be updated to separate quicken files? I've searched the posts and found questions that suggest it should be possible, but I want to made sure before I mess things up.

Ps56k2 · Accepted Answer

The timestamp is stored in your local Quicken file - so each individual install of Quicken will have its own view of when the last update was completed..

splasher · Accepted Answer

Yes, it not an issue having the same account in multiple Quicken files, I do it all the time with testing.NOTE:  You do NOT want to do this with copies of the same data file unless they have been created since Quicken (R34.13) changed the file copy process so that the internal data file id is changed in the copied file.