Re: Moving a quicken file to a new account

On 7/13/2025 4:15 PM, Marc Auslander wrote:
> Is it possible to move a quicken file to a new account.
> 
> Here's the issue.
> 
> I run a small non-profit with quicken classic deluxe. I'm trying to plan 
> for the unlikely disaster that I get hit by a bus and someone has to use 
> our backups to recover.
> 
> The backups will contain the current quicken qdf file.  But I use my 
> personal quicken account for this as well as my personal qdf file.
> 
> Is it possible for them to open the qdf changing its account on a 
> different machine?  Or is the account in effect a qdf password?
> 
> If not, can I run two quicken accounts for different qdf files on the 
> same windows machine?  And could they open the file knowing the account 
> name and password on a different machine?

If I understand the topologu and question correctly, why don't you put 
the NPO's QDF file in the cloud, like on a shared DROPBOX account or 
Google Drive?  Away from your personal QDF files on your local drive. 
Even if it is managed originally using your own Quicken ID, I believe 
when you open it from another user, you can specify a new Quicken userid 
if not your own.  This requires them having a copy of Quicken on the 
NPO's computer.

Of course, this should be relatively easy to test from both your 
computer as well as the NPO's once you set up access to the file from 
the cloud and get Quicken on the NPO's computer.

And setting up a backup/recovery process should ALWAYS be tested before 
you actually need to use it!  That's a step a lot of people don't bother 
doing, thinking physical access is all that is needed.

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- Andrew