Launch Quicken 2009 - common sense tells me if you've got this far, you're already in way too deep. You've most likely gotten yourself into a conversion problem you can't get out of. And, so, since the author is a mental defective that's lived his life projecting motives and thoughts onto other people, well, I'm gonna say so far all I've typed here is a complete waste of time. You already ran 2009, you already converted your original data, and you probably have no backup to start over with. Sorry about that. That's the fickle hand of fate. The fickle hand of fate is always such that you hold your hand out for a pearl, and all it does is respond by throwing turds at you. How do you think I got here? The only thing that probably may make us different at this point in the guide is I had a backup. Funny, I didn't really plan that part and expected Q2009 to make this whole exercise unnecessary. Oh well, that's life with Quicken. So, if you have no backup, you're likely screwed, and this guide isn't for you. I can't possibly begin to imagine all the conversion issues there are out there in this upgrade-I can only know about the ones I've had to resolve.

So, now that we've reached an understanding, I'll go back to pretending this guide came with your product and wasting my time. This page is to tell you, "Run Quicken 2009". So, find the icon hopefully on your desktop, and do that. (Naturally, if you haven't installed it yet, you'll need to do that. You're on your own there pal)

So, run the program. The first thing you are presented with is to tell Q2009 your current usage level. You already have a QDF file, so that qualifies you as an existing user. Click the "I am already a Quicken user." option, and hit next.

Select Your Data File - this next stop is self-explanatory. Tell Q2009 you have a file, because we know you've made a backup, and have one already staged ready to go. If not, you're not playing along nicely, and you can make amends by starting over here.. If you're playing by the rules, you can proceed. So, when Q2009 asks What do you want to do?, you choose the option to Open a file located on this computer and hit Next. Note - Quicken will search your computer hard disk for an existing QDF file. This could take some time, depending on the size and speed of your drive I imagine. Also, since you have multiple copies of this QDF file, it may decide to use the wrong one. You'll need to direct it to the one you want to convert.

This is quicken picking the wrong QDF file. I need to tell it where the right one is.

This is me telling Q2009 where the right file I want to convert is. Click/Double Click on the file, whatever your fancy is. If you're still Double Clicking in the year 2009, I don't know what to tell you. That's so 80's man!!!

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