Unable to Open Data File

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edited September 2022 in Errors and Troubleshooting (Windows)
This discussion was created from comments split from: quicken cannot open the data file because it is in use by another application.

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  • Cheryl Templeton
    Cheryl Templeton Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭
    It will not open one particular date file out of the 30 I have on my pc
  • Cheryl Templeton
    Cheryl Templeton Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭
    Help, Quicken will not open one particular data file out of the many I have on my pc. I can open all the others. I have rebooted, but it still says it is in use somewhere else.
  • UKR
    UKR Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    "In use by another application" usually means just that ...
    Are you using MS One Drive, Dropbox or any other cloud backup software to backup your C: - drive's files in Documents, Pictures, Music, etc. folders?
    If so, you need to configure this software to NOT backup the folder and its files containing your active Quicken .QDF data files. Typically this folder is \Documents\Quicken.
    Configure Quicken to create backups every time you close a data file and reconfigure your backup software to grab the .QDF-backup files instead.
  • Ps56k2
    Ps56k2 Quicken Windows Subscription Alumni ✭✭✭✭
    Cheryl Templeton said: It will not open one particular date file out of the 30 I have on my pc
    just curious - are these the regular Quicken QDF files -
    or the Quicken QDF-BACKUP files ?
    and if the normal QDF file - why 30 ?

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