Backing up Quicken

All of a sudden, probably since the last Vista update, I cannot backup my
Quicken file. It say 'access to drive C denied'. I do a search on
'banking.qdf', the main quicken file and find that it is located in
C:\Users\(user name)\ AppData\Local. When going to that location I'm
advised 'access is denied'.

How do I reverse that?

"Mellowed" <> wrote:

> All of a sudden, probably since the last Vista update, I cannot
> backup my Quicken file. It say 'access to drive C denied'. I do
> a search on 'banking.qdf', the main quicken file and find that it
> is located in C:\Users\(user name)\ AppData\Local. When going to
> that location I'm advised 'access is denied'.
>
> How do I reverse that?

The easiest way is to select another backup location. You might
consider backing up to CDRW or Thumb Drive or somewhere NOT on your
harddrive.


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> "Mellowed" <> wrote:
>
>> All of a sudden, probably since the last Vista update, I cannot
>> backup my Quicken file. It say 'access to drive C denied'. I do
>> a search on 'banking.qdf', the main quicken file and find that it
>> is located in C:\Users\(user name)\ AppData\Local. When going to
>> that location I'm advised 'access is denied'.
>>
>> How do I reverse that?
>
> The easiest way is to select another backup location. You might
> consider backing up to CDRW or Thumb Drive or somewhere NOT on your
> harddrive.
>
>
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Thanks for the suggestion, but the problem is not being able to get to the
original storage location to back it up. All I'm trying to do is a
copy/save. The latest file date is 24 June, however I can only access a
file dated 14 June at another location. The latested file is located at
C:\Users\ - - \AppData\Local. When going there Access is denied.

"Mellowed" <> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, but the problem is not being able to
> get to the original storage location to back it up. All I'm
> trying to do is a copy/save. The latest file date is 24 June,
> however I can only access a file dated 14 June at another
> location. The latested file is located at C:\Users\ - -
> \AppData\Local. When going there Access is denied.

Access is denied because that's probably not where the file is located.
Open Windows Explorer and see if you can find it or if it's one of
those "phantom" folders Vista likes so much.

Then do a backup to some other location, preferably NOT on your hard
drive, it will be complete and you'll have no need of the previous
backups.


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"XS11E" <> wrote in message
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> "Mellowed" <> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion, but the problem is not being able to
>> get to the original storage location to back it up. All I'm
>> trying to do is a copy/save. The latest file date is 24 June,
>> however I can only access a file dated 14 June at another
>> location. The latested file is located at C:\Users\ - -
>> \AppData\Local. When going there Access is denied.
>
> Access is denied because that's probably not where the file is located.
> Open Windows Explorer and see if you can find it or if it's one of
> those "phantom" folders Vista likes so much.
>
> Then do a backup to some other location, preferably NOT on your hard
> drive, it will be complete and you'll have no need of the previous
> backups.
>
>
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I did a Vista Search for the elusive file. The only place for the most
recent file is in the folder that access is denied. The other places only
have Archive files. Windows Explorer also will not let me access the
folder. It is locked out. I've even checked 'properties' to make sure that
nothing is blocking access. Properties look OK. I'm almost to the point of
backing out all of the most recent Windows updates.

"Mellowed" <> wrote:

> I did a Vista Search for the elusive file. The only place for the
> most recent file is in the folder that access is denied. The
> other places only have Archive files. Windows Explorer also will
> not let me access the folder. It is locked out.

The folder doesn't have the small white box with an arrow in it, does
it?

> I've even checked 'properties' to make sure that nothing is
> blocking access. Properties look OK.

Did you click on the securities tab and make sure you have
permissions?

I'm still confused as to why the backup was there in the first place,
that's not where Quicken should put backups AFAIK.


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"XS11E" <> wrote in message
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> "Mellowed" <> wrote:
>
>> I did a Vista Search for the elusive file. The only place for the
>> most recent file is in the folder that access is denied. The
>> other places only have Archive files. Windows Explorer also will
>> not let me access the folder. It is locked out.
>
> The folder doesn't have the small white box with an arrow in it, does
> it?
>
>> I've even checked 'properties' to make sure that nothing is
>> blocking access. Properties look OK.
>
> Did you click on the securities tab and make sure you have
> permissions?
>
> I'm still confused as to why the backup was there in the first place,
> that's not where Quicken should put backups AFAIK.
>
>
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I think there are too many moving parts in Vista. I spent the last hour
trying to figure out how to temporarly disable UAC in case that was
contributing to the problem. Control Panel Security only provides for
turning it on. I couldn't find how to turn it off. Then I check the NG and
was following up on your suggestion. Without doing ANYTHING, I was able to
go directly to the folder and copy the file! Go figure! I don't know what
happened. But at least for now I was able to backup my file. Note that
Quicken didn't put the backup file in the elusive folder. It put the
primary file in the folder. FYI this is Quicken 2002. It has been working
perfectly since the Vista installation in February with no problems with
backup.

I certainly appriciate the time you took to help. Now I just wish I knew
why it started working.

"XS11E" <> wrote in message
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> "Mellowed" <> wrote:
>
>> I did a Vista Search for the elusive file. The only place for the
>> most recent file is in the folder that access is denied. The
>> other places only have Archive files. Windows Explorer also will
>> not let me access the folder. It is locked out.
>
> The folder doesn't have the small white box with an arrow in it, does
> it?
>
>> I've even checked 'properties' to make sure that nothing is
>> blocking access. Properties look OK.
>
> Did you click on the securities tab and make sure you have
> permissions?
>
> I'm still confused as to why the backup was there in the first place,
> that's not where Quicken should put backups AFAIK.
>
>
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The problem originated when trying to backup Quicken within the program
using Backup. That still didn't work until I disabled UAC. I just found
out how to disable UAC and now everything works like it should.

I don't know. I like the idea of UAC, but, it is interfering where it
shouldn't.

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:03:34 GMT, "Mellowed" <> wrote:

> The problem originated when trying to backup Quicken within the program
> using Backup. That still didn't work until I disabled UAC. I just found
> out how to disable UAC and now everything works like it should.


I run Quicken 2007 under Vista Ultimate. Quicken backup works fine
with UAC on.

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:03:34 GMT, "Mellowed" <>
> wrote:
>
>> The problem originated when trying to backup Quicken within the
>> program using Backup. That still didn't work until I disabled
>> UAC. I just found out how to disable UAC and now everything
>> works like it should.
>
>
> I run Quicken 2007 under Vista Ultimate. Quicken backup works fine
> with UAC on.

He's running Quicken 2002. I run 2007 also, don't know what's
different in 2002?

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