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inf...@mindspring.com
Nov 28, 2015, 9:41:50 PM11/28/15
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I accidentally deleted an important transaction. I have a backup file
though it's a few days old. Is there any way to retrieve the single
record? I've made too many change recently to want to recover the
whole file.
Is there some way to retrieve the whole file without overlaying my
current file, then somehow pluck the single tx from the retrieved
file?
though it's a few days old. Is there any way to retrieve the single
record? I've made too many change recently to want to recover the
whole file.
Is there some way to retrieve the whole file without overlaying my
current file, then somehow pluck the single tx from the retrieved
file?
inf...@mindspring.com
Nov 28, 2015, 10:37:19 PM11/28/15
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single tx (it had a lot of split entries) and manually recreated it in
the current file.
John Pollard
Nov 29, 2015, 10:07:55 AM11/29/15
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infodex wrote
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For the future:
If you take action soon enough, you can undo a delete in a non-investment
account. Right-click in the register and choose "Undo delete". If it is
grayed out, you do not have a delete that can be redone. I believe that
"Undo delete" applies to all transactions deleted with a single "Delete" in
that account.
If you are unable to Undo the delete, you can use Copy Transaction/Paste
Transaction to copy a single transaction from a register in one file to a
register in another file. Right-click the transaction, select "Copy
Transaction(s)". Open the second file, open the account, right-click in the
register/transaction-list and select "Paste Transaction(s)".
For the future:
If you take action soon enough, you can undo a delete in a non-investment
account. Right-click in the register and choose "Undo delete". If it is
grayed out, you do not have a delete that can be redone. I believe that
"Undo delete" applies to all transactions deleted with a single "Delete" in
that account.
If you are unable to Undo the delete, you can use Copy Transaction/Paste
Transaction to copy a single transaction from a register in one file to a
register in another file. Right-click the transaction, select "Copy
Transaction(s)". Open the second file, open the account, right-click in the
register/transaction-list and select "Paste Transaction(s)".
inf...@mindspring.com
Nov 29, 2015, 11:00:45 AM11/29/15
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On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 09:08:08 -0600, "John Pollard"
<inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>infodex wrote
>
>>I accidentally deleted an important transaction. I have a backup file
>>though it's a few days old. Is there any way to retrieve the single
>>record? I've made too many change recently to want to recover the
>>whole file.
>>
>>Is there some way to retrieve the whole file without overlaying my
>>current file, then somehow pluck the single tx from the retrieved
>>file?
>
>Nevermind. I sorta did it. Restored it to the desktop, printed the
>single tx (it had a lot of split entries) and manually recreated it in
>the current file.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>For the future:
>
>If you take action soon enough, you can undo a delete in a non-investment
>account. Right-click in the register and choose "Undo delete". If it is
>grayed out, you do not have a delete that can be redone. I believe that
>"Undo delete" applies to all transactions deleted with a single "Delete" in
>that account.
Thanks. I'll check that out.
<inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>infodex wrote
>
>>I accidentally deleted an important transaction. I have a backup file
>>though it's a few days old. Is there any way to retrieve the single
>>record? I've made too many change recently to want to recover the
>>whole file.
>>
>>Is there some way to retrieve the whole file without overlaying my
>>current file, then somehow pluck the single tx from the retrieved
>>file?
>
>Nevermind. I sorta did it. Restored it to the desktop, printed the
>single tx (it had a lot of split entries) and manually recreated it in
>the current file.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>For the future:
>
>If you take action soon enough, you can undo a delete in a non-investment
>account. Right-click in the register and choose "Undo delete". If it is
>grayed out, you do not have a delete that can be redone. I believe that
>"Undo delete" applies to all transactions deleted with a single "Delete" in
>that account.
>
>If you are unable to Undo the delete, you can use Copy Transaction/Paste
>Transaction to copy a single transaction from a register in one file to a
>register in another file. Right-click the transaction, select "Copy
>Transaction(s)". Open the second file, open the account, right-click in the
>register/transaction-list and select "Paste Transaction(s)".
tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out. Maybe both
files need to be open at the same time?
John Pollard
Dec 1, 2015, 10:37:32 AM12/1/15
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infodex wrote
> John Pollard wrote
No. In fact, not necessary and not possible.
The only restriction I know of is that you can't paste non-investment
transactions into investment accounts, or investment transactions into
non-investment accounts.
I tested with Q2015 R8 and Q2014 R8, but I'm pretty sure it has worked in
every version of Quicken for at least a decade.
> John Pollard wrote
>If you are unable to Undo the delete, you can use Copy Transaction/Paste
>Transaction to copy a single transaction from a register in one file to a
>register in another file. Right-click the transaction, select "Copy
>Transaction(s)". Open the second file, open the account, right-click in the
>register/transaction-list and select "Paste Transaction(s)".
FWIW, I tried that. Copied the tx from the restored file but when I
tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out.
Maybe both files need to be open at the same time?
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>Transaction to copy a single transaction from a register in one file to a
>register in another file. Right-click the transaction, select "Copy
>Transaction(s)". Open the second file, open the account, right-click in the
>register/transaction-list and select "Paste Transaction(s)".
FWIW, I tried that. Copied the tx from the restored file but when I
tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out.
Maybe both files need to be open at the same time?
No. In fact, not necessary and not possible.
The only restriction I know of is that you can't paste non-investment
transactions into investment accounts, or investment transactions into
non-investment accounts.
I tested with Q2015 R8 and Q2014 R8, but I'm pretty sure it has worked in
every version of Quicken for at least a decade.
John Beurket
Dec 1, 2015, 11:05:59 AM12/1/15
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On 11/29/15 11:00 AM, inf...@mindspring.com wrote:
> FWIW, I tried that. Copied the tx from the restored file but when I
> tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out. Maybe both
> files need to be open at the same time?
Did you exit Quicken program before opening the second QDF file? Try
> FWIW, I tried that. Copied the tx from the restored file but when I
> tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out. Maybe both
> files need to be open at the same time?
opening the second file from the File menu with the first open.
JB
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John Pollard
Dec 2, 2015, 10:14:31 AM12/2/15
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On 11/29/15 11:00 AM, inf...@mindspring.com wrote:
> FWIW, I tried that. Copied the tx from the restored file but when I
> tried to paste it to the current file Paste was grayed out. Maybe both
> files need to be open at the same time?
Did you exit Quicken program before opening the second QDF file? Try
opening the second file from the File menu with the first open.
Yes, you're absolutely right. The copied transaction is on the Quicken
clipboard, which is lost when you exit Quicken.
I've never used the feature for real - only tested with it several times. I
once knew that you could not close Quicken during the process, but forgot. I
definitely used the File menu to open the second Quicken file when I tested
for this discussion.
Thanks for remembering.
John Pollard
Dec 2, 2015, 10:14:35 AM12/2/15
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"John Beurket" wrote in message news:n3kgh2$9mp$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
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