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MacLand said:Why can't this be found in information for this product? This is the same as stealing your purchased program.
MacLand said:I do not want online access to anything, including updates. However I want my whole screen visible again, I am being punished with this banner that cannot be closed. I saw no notification on the penalty screen. That is my issue.
Note: this advice only applies if you are running Quicken Windows, not Quicken Mac. The Quicken Mac database has been updated many times since Quicken 2017 in order to add new features, so the current Quicken Mac is not backward compatible with Quicken Mac 2017. (There is a way to export your data to a file and import it back into a new Quicken 2017 data file, although non-transaction set-ups like reports and budgets will be lost if you pursue this.)Boatnmaniac said:There is another option that can try: If you can find a copy of Quicken 2016 or Quicken 2017 (the last 2 years prior to Quicken becoming subscription) you could try installing them. Your current data file is compatible with both of them...but not with anything earlier than those. Since these are not subscription, there will be no subscription expiration banner.
Thanks for pointing this out. I'd noticed that @MacLand 's profile shows a Windows subscription so my earlier post was specifically about that. I should have also mentioned that comment is applicable to Windows, not Mac, for the benefit of others who might read this thread.jacobs said:Note: this advice only applies if you are running Quicken Windows, not Quicken Mac. The Quicken Mac database has been updated many times since Quicken 2017 in order to add new features, so the current Quicken Mac is not backward compatible with Quicken Mac 2017. (There is a way to export your data to a file and import it back into a new Quicken 2017 data file, although non-transaction set-ups like reports and budgets will be lost if you pursue this.)Boatnmaniac said:There is another option that can try: If you can find a copy of Quicken 2016 or Quicken 2017 (the last 2 years prior to Quicken becoming subscription) you could try installing them. Your current data file is compatible with both of them...but not with anything earlier than those. Since these are not subscription, there will be no subscription expiration banner.
Actually, I think it is a fair comparison. And Quicken's data file is not unique. FileMaker Pro is a database program I've used for many years which shifted to a subscription model a few years ago. When I stop renewing my subscription, I'll completely lose access to all my databases. Period. No other software reads FileMaker's proprietary file format. I also have used software from Adobe for a long time, and they also switched to subscription pricing a number of years ago. I've used Adobe InDesign for years to create simple and complex design graphics, and If I don't maintain a subscription, I can't open any file I've ever created — access to all my files is lost. Heck, look at Quicken's own Simplifi program; end your subscription, and you lose access to your data.smayer97 said:...most other subscription software doesn't allow you to use the software at all once your subscription expires.This is NOT a fair comparison because the data file for Quicken is unique (though they do use SQL). Many (most?) other subscriptions have an alternative that allow the reading of created files. There is no other software that can read Quicken data files directly.
The fallacy is since there are others, then Quicken isn’t unique. Unique means “being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.”smayer97 said:.All I point out is that Quicken's data file IS unique. Yes, there are others. Just because there are others that also have unique data files does not change that fact. [logical fallacy]