Replaced hard drive - now Home & Business 2012 will not open

Question

I have had a new SSD Hard Drive installed on my Windows Computer, now my Quicken Home & Business 2012 will not open.  The program thinks it is a different computer.  I desperately need to use my program.  I don't want to update as we are a very small business and will soon cease trading.

Ps56k2 · Answer

@Sheza  - had a new SSD Hard Drive installed on my Windows Computer,

now my Quicken Home & Business 2012 will not open.

SO - what exactly did they do when replacing the SSD -

Did they "image copy" the entire contents of the old drive onto the new drive ?

If not…. then what was actually done ?

Do all your other programs works just fine on the new SSD ?

UKR · Answer

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20376048#Comment_20376048

Is this Quicken H&B 2012 the US version, the Canadian version or some other international version?

Are you really sure it's 2012 and not another year's version, newer or older?

You might be stuck with Canadian or international licensing issues. There are no workarounds available that I'm aware of.

For US 2012 I can provide you with a registration bypass to try.

If all else fails, you may have no alternative but to purchase and install the current Quicken Subscription version of either Q Canada or Q US H&B.

volvogirl · Answer

Or can you start the program but just can't open your file?  You should be able to go up to File - Open and select the location of the .qdf file.  Or try finding the data file in explorer and double clicking on it?