Running two versions on one PC

Question

My current edition, Home & Business 2011 is bloated.  I would like to install the current Quicken Deluxe version along side my 2011 version and selectively port specific securities over. Is this possible?

Chris_QPW · Accepted Answer

No.  First off it isn't possible to run two different versions of Quicken on the same machine.
And second off you can't pick and choose what will be upgraded, it is the whole data file.

And I might add even something like Year End Copy doesn't remove securities.

UKR · Accepted Answer

How about you try this AFTER installing and converting to Quicken Subscription HB&R ...

If you're an active
trader and your current investment account has many transactions pertaining to
sold securities you may want to consider this:

Archive Investment Transactions

For about a year
now, a new function has been available in Quicken, Archive Transactions. It will split your investment account
register into two parts, leaving only those securities' transactions where you
currently hold >0 shares in the active register. The rest is moved to a new
Archive register within the current data file.

Having less
transactions in your active register might improve performance.

Please read and
carefully follow instructions here: https://www.quicken.com/support/how-archive-investment-transactions

Eventually, after a couple of years, you might consider splitting your data
file in two, with all the archived investment transactions in the old file and
none remaining in the active file.