How to use Quicken on two computers in the same house (edit)

Rtom

and just having to pay the fee for one of the computers? Also, would I need to link them together some how? Thank You, Tom

Frankx

Hi @Rtom,

When one purchases a Quicken subscription that individual can install the Quicken application/program on a number of computers/devices and run any number of Quicken datafiles on each, all, or any of those computers/devices.  [I am probably showing my age and should have said "devices" rather than computers.]

The fee is for a "license" to use the application for (usually) a one-year period.  The number of datafiles that you may create, update, and use is not limited by Quicken and the computers need not be "linked together".

Hope this helps.

Frankx

Frankx

Hi @Rtom,

When one purchases a Quicken subscription that individual can install the Quicken application/program on a number of computers/devices and run any number of Quicken datafiles on each, all, or any of those computers/devices.  [I am probably showing my age and should have said "devices" rather than computers.]

The fee is for a "license" to use the application for (usually) a one-year period.  The number of datafiles that you may create, update, and use is not limited by Quicken and the computers need not be "linked together".

Hope this helps.

Frankx

Rtom

I shall proceed to downloading Quicken to my wife's computer. Thank You!

Jim_Harman

That's right, you only need one subscription to run Quicken on multiple computers. But you must be very careful if you want to share one data file between multiple computers. You should not put the file on a shared drive and two users accessing a data file at the same time is asking for trouble.

Also some features such as the credit score are linked to your Quicken ID (subscription) so there is not much privacy between users who share a Quicken ID.

https://www.quicken.com/support/can-i-install-quicken-multiple-computers

splasher

Not mentioned explicitly yet, but there is NO PROCESS in Quicken to keep a data file on one computer in sync with a copy of that data file on a second computer.  You have to do that yourself copying the file back and forth between the two computers.

mshiggins

And the method for “copying” between computers should indeed be copying as the restore in backup/restore forces a mandatory cloud sync. Cloud sync has caused no end of problems with data. 

Tom Young

And the method for "copying" should be done use File Explorer, not the Copy or Template option that's available in Quicken.  This function disconnects all Account in the file from their Financial Institutions where downloading has been enabled. 

This has all gotten way too complicated.