Re: Another One Step Update Error - TD Ameritrade (Schwab)

On Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:06:54 -0700, Ken Blake <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 12:24:30 -0700 (PDT), John Pollard
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 1:48:24?PM UTC-5, Ken Blake wrote:
>>> On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 10:56:35 -0700 (PDT), John Pollard wrote:
>>
>>> >You can always make a "backup" by simply using 
>>> >Windows Explorer to Copy your data file.
>>
>>> Yes, of course. Why didn't I think of that myself?
>>
>>> >I would do that now, putting the "backup" file in a safe place.
>>
>>> I will.
>>> > 
>>> >And if Quicken made a backup before doing its Validate(s), 
>>> >I would save that somewhere too. 
>>> > 
>>> >Then I would use Help > Report a problem 
>>> >to notify Quicken. Include your data file and 
>>> >all your log files. Include a simple description 
>>> >of the problem. 
>>> >Do not expect, so do not wait for, an answer. 
>>> > 
>>> >The last resort I can think of is to 
>>> >Restore the most recent backup from 
>>> >a QDF file that did not experience the problem.
>>
>>> I didn't want to do that, but I suppose it's the only remaining 
>>> alternative, so I guess I'll have to. I'll do it in a little while. 
>>
>>You can try to discover whether there is some corruption in the 
>>backup file you intend to restore ... before you actually overwrite 
>>your existing file.
>
>Too late. I already did that--before reading my newsgroup messages.
>
>Everything seems fine now, although I haven't done an OSU yet.
>
>Today's a very busy day for me, but I'll try the OSU later.


It went fine, but I haven't converted to Schwab yet.


>>Copy the backup you want to restore to a separate folder with no 
>>other files in it. 
>>Then rename that file and remove the "-backup" from its 
>>file extension. 
>>You can then just open (not restore) the file in Quicken.
>>Do a Validate and a SuperValidate, noting (and possibly saving) 
>>each log file that Validate creates. See if there is any hint of 
>>some corruption that might be present.
>
>
>But I'll do that anyway, in a little while

Validate fixed a couple of what seemed like minor errors.
Supervalidate didn't find anything.

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>>You can also test your new Schwab accounts in that file 
>>(I would do that after the Validates) to see how things go.
>>If there are problems, you can try to fix, or workaround, them ...
>>or try the same thing with an earlier backup.