Backing up to Dropbox

TAVC

After following the instructions for creating a "Quicken Files Backup" folder in Dropbox, when I attempt to backup a complete copy of my Q file to this folder in Dropbox I get an error notice, "Unable to open source file." Then after clicking "OK" I get a notice "Cannot open data file because in use by another application, such as cloud storage backup. Close that app or turn off cloud storage sync and try again." If I then click "OK" I get the notice "Unable to re-load current file after copy."
Yet it appears it has, in fact, created a backup file in that folder.
Can someone share some insight into what's going on here?

Greg_the_Geek

What is the full path to the folder that contains your Quicken data file? From Quicken --> File --> You should see the path above Exit.

TAVC

C:\Users\tcass\Dropbox\Quicken Backup Files

Greg_the_Geek

That's the path to the backup folder. What is the full path to the folder that contains your Quicken data file? From Quicken --> File --> You should see the path above Exit.

TAVC

C:\Users\tcass\Dropbox\Quicken Backup Files\Personal-2020-01-18.PM02.10-R-23.21

Greg_the_Geek

You can't keep your current Quicken data file in a cloud folder. I would suggest moving it to C:\Users\tcass\Documents\Quicken. 

Ps56k2

You keep pointing out a "backup" named file in your Dropbox -
Now you could be using that as your actual Quicken data file ....
is that the name up in the far upper left corner of Quicken ?

You really should see a normal \Quicken\ folder in your \Documents\ folder -

and your Quicken .QDF data file should be located in that folder... \Documents\Quicken\mydata.QDF

TAVC

OK, thank you.
If the current Quicken data file is kept in a Dropbox cloud folder, is backup even necessary or are changes automatically saved in the cloud when I exit Quicken?

Ps56k2

TAVC said: If the current Quicken data file is kept in a Dropbox cloud folder...

Quicken is very fragile with data file handling... and using remote cloud services can cause data file corruption.

As we have mentioned - you really should keep the Quicken QDF data file in ... \Documents\Quicken\...

and also the backups \Documents\Quicken\Backup\....

AND then you can copy the backups to your Dropbox account -

TAVC

Many thanks for all your advice. I need to run to a meeting and will be offline until later tonight or tomorrow to continue any discussion. Thanks again.

TAVC

Understood. Thank you for your advice.