How do I download Quicken 2017 Deluxe?

Question

I have a Quicken 2017 Starter Edition CD.  My hard drive crashed, so I had to get a new one  I reinstalled Quicken 2017 on the new hard drive.  When I try to open my backup, it tells me your data was last used with Quicken Deluxe.

Boatnmaniac · Answer

The short answer is that you can't.  QW2017 has not been supported since 2020 so new installations of it cannot activated.  New installations of it will set up a Quicken.ini file that is not compatible with what Quicken's server now requires.

You might want to read the discussion in this thread: Quicken 2017 on my new computer.  It's a high level summary of what your options are but two of those options require you to have the Quicken.ini file from your earlier installation on the hard drive that crashed.  If you have that file then MAYBE you will be able to get your QW2017 reinstallation to work for you.  A much more detailed thread on this can be viewed at Re-installing Quicken 2017.

If you don't have that Quicken.ini file, then you will need to bite the bullet with one of the following options:

* Purchase a Quicken Classic subscription:  If you do this, I recommend buying Quicken Classic Deluxe, not Starter.  Deluxe (and higher levels) will continue to function with manual read-write capability once the 1 year subscription expires (although there will be banners taking up about 15%-25% of the screen reminding you to resubscribe and that can only be removed by resubscribing).  So this is an attractive to those who do not want to pay for subscription renewals every year.  But Starter, once the subscription ends, will become read-only unless you resubscribe each year.
* Download and install Quicken 2013 Deluxe for free:  But QW2013 will not be able to read your QW2017 data file.  So, it would mean starting over from scratch.

Sorry, I wish I had better news for you.