Revisiting closed topic "Prompt to Enter Data File Password when No Password is Assigned"
LLff
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Hello, I found the discussion "RESOLVED 7/20/21 Prompt to Enter Data File Password when No Password is Assigned" when looking for an answer to my problem. I am on Version: R34.24, Build: 27.1.34.24 yet I am being asked for a password on a file that never had a password. I am assuming is has something to do with the conversion because this file had to be updated to my newer version before I could access the data. After conversion, it opened the first time without a password, but when I tried to open it again, it required a password. Once the problem occurred, I tried restoring the file from the automatic back up that was created upon conversion but the restored file still requires a password.
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LLff said:Here is the original post for my problem. This is a Quicken bug that is supposed to be solved by R34.24: https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7895786/new-7-13-21-prompt-to-enter-data-file-password-when-no-password-is-assigned
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LLff said:Sarah, does that mean a data file created before the R34.24 release will be forced to have a password? I though it meant that any file opened after the R34.24 is installed will not have this problem.
New files created with R34.24 should not have this problem.
Files created with an earlier release may have this problem. Quicken has not told us the precise sequence of events they determined may corrupt the Quicken file in this way.
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LLff said:What data files are affected by the bug? Is it older versions or something like that? My subscription version seems to be okay.
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I suggest you try earlier backups until you find a saved backup that isn't already corrupt.0
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Sherlock, Thank you, but I have no other automatic back ups.0
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LLff said:Sherlock, Thank you, but I have no other automatic back ups.
Going forward, I suggest you preserve more Quicken file backups. We have about about 1 1/2 years of Windows file history preserved on an external drive, three months of system images on another external drive, and 3 months of daily backups, 6 months of weekly backups, and 1 year of monthly backups on cloud storage. Disk space is cheap.0 -
Okay. The file was not corrupted to begin with.0
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Here is the original post for my problem. This is a Quicken bug that is supposed to be solved by R34.24: https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7895786/new-7-13-21-prompt-to-enter-data-file-password-when-no-password-is-assigned0
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LLff said:Here is the original post for my problem. This is a Quicken bug that is supposed to be solved by R34.24: https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7895786/new-7-13-21-prompt-to-enter-data-file-password-when-no-password-is-assigned
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Sarah, does that mean a data file created before the R34.24 release will be forced to have a password? I though it meant that any file opened after the R34.24 is installed will not have this problem.0
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What data files are affected by the bug? Is it older versions or something like that? My subscription version seems to be okay.0
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LLff said:Sarah, does that mean a data file created before the R34.24 release will be forced to have a password? I though it meant that any file opened after the R34.24 is installed will not have this problem.
New files created with R34.24 should not have this problem.
Files created with an earlier release may have this problem. Quicken has not told us the precise sequence of events they determined may corrupt the Quicken file in this way.
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LLff said:What data files are affected by the bug? Is it older versions or something like that? My subscription version seems to be okay.
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Following describes a workaround for my situation which is less than ideal but allows me to access the data, at least. In my situation, it is a converted file that is having the problem. I am opening a Quicken 2014 version file into my subscription version. The file opens initially upon conversion without the password error. Knowing that if I close it after that point I would lose access, I took the opportunity while the file was open to intentionally set a password. Now that I have purposefully set the password, I am able to open the file using the password that I created. I did try to change the preferences after that to not require a password but then it went back to the problem of Quicken prompting me to enter a password when no password is assigned. Hence, I seem to always be needing to keep a password on this particular file until a fix is available from the folks at Quicken.0
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