Question posted by cchrisford on January 26th, 2011

Can I Install A New Version Of Quicken And Retain An Older Version With Its Data

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Answer #1: Posted by knowitall on February 6th, 2011 9:22 AM
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all you have to do is open the back up file from the previous version

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