Quicken Classic Deluxe

GardenBoy
GardenBoy Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
edited 8:09AM in Installing and Updating (Windows)

I run Quicken Classic Deluxe on my desktop PC. How can I run it on my laptop PC? Is there a charge for that 2nd installation?

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  • splasher
    splasher Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 10:35AM

    You can install subscription Quicken on as many computers as you want, BUT they will all be registered to the same Quicken ID account, so if you use QMobile/QWeb, the other users would be able to see what you have displayed in it.

    If you are going to use the same data file on both desktop and laptop, you can NOT put the data file in the cloud and use it directly from the cloud. If you are going to keep it in OneDrive, DropBox or similar cloud storage to keep copies of it synced on both computers, you will need to stop the cloud process on the computer when you are running Q so that it doesn't try to save changes to it midway. When done with Quicken and it is closed, then restart the cloud process to have it do the sync back to the cloud and other computer.

    The safest way is to copy/move the Quicken data file (.QDF) back and forth as needed, just don't make changes on both computers without doing the copy because Q does NOT have any capability to merge two files to share the changes.

    -splasher using Q continuously since 1996
    - Subscription Quicken - Win11 and QW2013 - Win11
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  • bmciance
    bmciance Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, there is no extra charge to install it on another computer. Just make sure to use your same Quicken ID to log into it once it is installed.

    Quicken Windows user since 1993.

  • Quicken Alyssa
    Quicken Alyssa Quicken Windows Subscription Moderator mod
    edited 10:37AM

    Hello @GardenBoy,

    Thank you for posing this question.

    To add to what @splasher & @bmciance have said, you can install Quicken on as many computers as you would like. If needed, we do have a Support Article with instructions on installing.

    If you open the linked article, you will see buttons for both Windows U.S. and Windows Canada.

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    Start there and then proceed through the remaining steps.

    Hope this helps!

    Quicken Alyssa

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