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Use One Step Update on your account bar to easily update all of your Online accounts.


You can also trigger a One Step Update using Tools menu → One Step Update. You may need to Enter Vault Password.

You will see a progress screen while Quicken contacts your financial institutions and downloads your transaction data.

Once the update is completed, you will see the One Step Update Summary. you may see an item that needs your attention. Click the question mark  by the entry for information about resolving the problem.

What is One Step Update?

One Step Update is a single access point for almost all connected services; you can update transactions and send online payment instructions for multiple accounts, sync your data to the Quicken Cloud and use Quicken on your phone or tablet to download security quotes, export some of your Quicken account information to Investing.Quicken.com, and obtain product updates for your Quicken software.

One Step Update is the centralized access point for almost all connected services in Quicken. It makes it easy to:


You can set up Quicken to automatically download transitions at the beginning of a session. Go to Edit menu → Preferences Startup. Select Download transactions when Quicken starts and click OK.

One Step Update doesn't work with Web Connect accounts. Quicken may be able to upgrade accounts you currently update through your financial institution's website to another connection type that you can use with One Step Update. If this is the case, Quicken will let you know.

How do I enable an account for One Step Update?

One Step Update is automatically applied to Express Web Connect or Direct Connect accounts. However, it is possible to turn One Step Update off or on for an account. 

To turn One Step Update on or off for an account:

  1. Use One Step Update on your account bar to easily update all of your Online accounts.You can also trigger a One Step Update using Tools menu → One Step Update. You may need to Enter Vault Password.
  2. The One Step Update Settings screen will appear. Each account has a checkbox next to it. To turn on One Step Update for an account, click the checkbox to add a checkmark. To turn One Step Update off for an account, click the checkbox to remove the check mark.

  3. Click Apply.


 

What if I don't see my account in One Step Update Settings?

If your account does not appear on the One Step Update Settings screen, it is not the correct type of account to use for One Step Update. This includes manual accounts and Web Connect accounts. When you use Web Connect, you log in to your financial institution's website and click a button or link to initiate the download process (often called Download to Quicken).




Notes

  • Set up scheduled updates
  • Check for free software updates
  • Determine if (and how) an account is connected
  • Permanently exclude an account from One Step Update
  • Update an account by downloading and importing a file
  • About Direct Connect, Express Web Connect, and Web Connect

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It's a good idea to back up your work each time you use Quicken, even if you have plenty of space on your hard disk. If your hard disk fails, you'll need to restore your files.

Quicken provides you with a free subscription to DropBox, a service that lets you store files in the cloud. This helps prevent losing important data if your computer crashes. Use Dropbox to store your Quicken backups. To learn how to set up DropBox visit this support article

Back up my Quicken data file to my computer or to an external source

  1. Insert or attach the external media you want to back up your Quicken data file to.
  2. If it isn't already open, open the data file you want to back up.
  3. Type Ctrl + B. The Quicken Backup screen will appear.

    You can also navigate here by selecting File menu → Copy or Backup File, then selecting Create a complete backup and Next.

  4. To identify the location you want to save the file to, select Change and navigate to the appropriate media and directory.
  5. Click Save Backup to start the backup.
  6. Click OK when the Quicken Backup screen confirms Quicken has backed up the file successfully.
  7. Remove the backup media and store it in a safe place.
  8. To create a second backup copy, repeat the previous steps.
  9. To view the data you backed up, use restore.


How to back up your file to DropBox

Quicken provides you with a free subscription to DropBox, a service that lets you store files in the cloud. This helps prevent losing important data if your computer crashes. Use Dropbox to store your Quicken backups. To learn how to set up DropBox visit this support article

Dropbox is not intended to be used to share a single Quicken data file between multiple computers or users. Use DropBox only for backups. Never store and access your active data files using DropBox.

Once DropBox is set up.

  1. If it isn't already open, open the data file you want to back up.
  2. Type Ctrl + B. The Quicken Backup screen will appear.

    You can also navigate here by selecting File menu → Copy or Backup File, then selecting Create a complete backup and Next.

  3. To identify the location you want to save the file to, select Change and navigate to your DropBox directory.
  4. Click Save Backup to start the backup.
  5. Click OK when the Quicken Backup screen confirms Quicken has backed up the file successfully.
  6. To view the data you backed up, use restore.

Notes

  • About backing up to USBs, CDs, and floppy disks
  • What if I need more help troubleshooting?
  • What if I want to change the backup options?

After you've set up your Quicken desktop software, you might want to change your Quicken ID password. Here's how:
  1. Choose Edit menu > Preferences.
  2. In the left pane, select Quicken ID & Cloud Accounts.
  3. In the right pane, under Quicken Profile, select Update Profile.
  4. The My Account screen displays.
  5. Select Change Password.
  6. Enter your Current Password.
  7. Enter your New Password.
  8. Click Save Changes.

Remember to change the password to match on the mobile devices that you want to sync with this data file.

You can run only one instance of Quicken on a single computer at this time. However, there are several things you can do to give more than one user access to the Quicken data file.

The Quicken data file resides in the default folder of the user who installed Quicken (User 1). If another user (User 2) wants to access the Quicken data file, you must either:

  • Grant User 2 administrator rights on Windows, and then have User 2 open the Quicken data file in User 1's data folder. If you need additional assistance, refer to Windows Help.
  • Copy the Quicken folder for User 1 to the shared documents location on the hard disk.

To copy the Quicken folder for User 1 to the shared documents location:

  1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the Quicken folder.
  2. Select the Quicken folder.
  3. Choose Edit menu > Copy.
  4. Still in Explorer, go to the shared documents location on the hard disk. The shared documents location is typically C:\Users\Public\Public Documents.
  5. Select the Shared Documents folder.
  6. Choose Edit menu > Paste.

The Address Book is fully integrated into Quicken. See the Notes section below to learn more.

To add or update address and contact information in the Address Book

To update an address from the Memorized Payee or Bill & Income Reminders List

To update an address from the Write Checks window

To update an address from a business form

To add payees to the QuickFill list

Notes

Other than what I enter directly, is additional contact information included in Address Book?


If I modify a contact in the Address Book, will it be updated elsewhere in Quicken?

What if I have two very similar payees?

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