A folder named "<filename>.000" in C:\ProgramData\Quicken\Inet

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Gerry Blue
Gerry Blue Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
edited July 6 in File Conversion and Backup (Windows)

While looking here for a resolution on an error message I was getting in the One Step Update Summary, I was directed to the C:\ProgramData\Quicken\inet folder. Happily, I was able to resolve the error message by renaming the runtime.dat file but I noticed something curious while I was in that folder.

I have 4 QDF files that I update regularly. 3 of them have a folder with the same name as the QDF file but 1 of them has an extension of ".000". Is this somehow indicative of a problem or something that should be addressed? As an experiment (and after backing up) I tried renaming the folder. When I opened the QDF file again, the <filename>.000 folder was recreated. Your thoughts are welcome.

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  • CaliQkn
    CaliQkn Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 29

    @Gerry Blue did you make a copy of your data file through Windows "copy file" function? If that's the case then the one with no extension is for the original file, and the one with .000 is for the copy.

  • Gerry Blue
    Gerry Blue Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭

    CaliQkn, no, this is a folder, not a file. It's under the ProgramData folder and my QDF files are under Documents.

  • q_lurker
    q_lurker Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭

    So in my …\Quicken\Inet folder i have 7 or 8 such folders relating to QDF files I have used. The one parallel to @Gerry Blue is Test-2024 and Test-2024.000 created a month apart in 2024. I don’t remember the details from then. I surmise that if I had an original Test-2024 file, deleted it, and created a new file with that same name, a new Inet\ folder would get created with the .000 extension appended.

  • CaliQkn
    CaliQkn Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 29

    @Gerry Blue yes they are folders, but each folder corresponds to a copy of a data file that was created. When you create a copy of the data file, it always creates a folder of system files for that data file. The .000 folder is created when you make an exact copy of your file, outside of the Quicken copy file process.

  • CaliQkn
    CaliQkn Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭

    @Gerry Blue also, the fact that the folder gets regenerated after you delete it means that there is a data file associated with that folder.

  • CaliQkn
    CaliQkn Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 29

    @Gerry Blue as @q_lurker indicated the .000 folder is also created when a data file is created using the same name as a previous file that has been deleted. I have had this happen to me when I created several test files. If you have several folders that correspond with duplicate, test, or deleted files, you can safely delete them. Quicken only needs folders for the active current file. And, as you have seen, if you delete a folder for a data file that is currently in use, Quicken will generate a new one.

  • Gerry Blue
    Gerry Blue Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭

    Thank you all for the enlightenment.

    https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20497234#Comment_20497234

    This leaves me curious as to where that data file is. Not that it matters, I'm just curious.

  • CaliQkn
    CaliQkn Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 6

    @Gerry Blue since the folder regenerates after each time you delete it, the data file that it corresponds to is probably your current data file.

    Also, the folder name is the original data file name when it was created. If you create a data file with the name "QData001.QDF" the folder name created would be "QData001". If later you change the name of the data file, or make a copy of it, the associated folder name will remain "QData001". So after some time, the associated folder name can end up having a very different name than the actual data file.

    If you were to delete out all the sub-folders that correspond to data files, in the Inet folder, only the sub-folders for active data files will be regenerated.

    There are other sub-folders in the Inet folder that should not be deleted. Never delete the "Common" or "QWWebData" folders.

    And as always, make good backups of your data file when deleting any Quicken folders.

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