Replacement for Quicken?

Philip Herlihy

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Apr 11, 2012, 5:07:11 PM4/11/12

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I have a customer (I'm an IT practitioner) with an elderly PC showing
signs of nearing the end of its life. He has his accounting records in
Quicken XG 2004, which I understand is no longer sold. He does have the
installation disks, but no license key (although we haven't bottomed all
the possible options for extracting that from the existing system). In
any event, he'd like to move to something which is currently supported,
and suitable for a modest business (with modest profits).

Does anyone here have any advice on what packages he might consider?
Meanwhile, what's the best way of exporting the data for use in, say,
Excel? I don't know Quicken and a quick survey of the menu options
didn't reveal anything obvious.

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Phil, London

A.Lee

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Apr 11, 2012, 6:01:52 PM4/11/12

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Quicken is still available, and the easiest to use in my opinion.

Gnucash is free, and pretty powerful, with many functions that are
unlikely to get used, but still usable for a small business. However, it
can be a pain to install (I've only used it on a Mac), no idea if they
do an easy install for Windows. It's really good for importing all sorts
of file formats, so may be suitable for old files.

Paid for (nearly always big money) programs are plentiful. Sage is good,
but expensive.

For personal finance, MS Money, or its newer derivatives are probably
the easiest to buy, no idea what they'll import.

Alan.
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Philip Herlihy

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Apr 12, 2012, 9:58:46 AM4/12/12

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In article <1kiesy0.w32qa1x5p92oN%alan@darkroom.+.com>, alan@darkroom.
+.com says...

Thanks, Alan. I've looked into the availability of both Quicken and
Microsoft Money and it seems that the UK-specific versions of both were
discontinued some years ago, but that some version is still available.
Sage certainly is good, and has an unusually good support service, but
that, like the product itself, is indeed expensive. Gnucash sounds very
promising, especially with a need to retrieve useful information from
backup files. Thanks for the tip!

As an IT practitioner and software developer, I naturally wrote my own
accounting and billing system. It's quirky, but it does *exactly* what
I want it to!

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Phil, London

Peter Saxton

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Apr 12, 2012, 11:19:25 PM4/12/12

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Why not get the QuickBooks free version.

Philip Herlihy

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Apr 13, 2012, 10:34:06 AM4/13/12

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In article <qo6fo7p02um0q6uqa...@4ax.com>,
pe...@petersaxton.co.uk says...

>
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:58:46 +0100, Philip Herlihy
> <bounc...@you.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <1kiesy0.w32qa1x5p92oN%alan@darkroom.+.com>, alan@darkroom.
> >+.com says...
> >>
> >> Philip Herlihy <bounc...@you.com> wrote:
> >>

...

> >
> >Thanks, Alan. I've looked into the availability of both Quicken and
> >Microsoft Money and it seems that the UK-specific versions of both were
> >discontinued some years ago, but that some version is still available.
> >Sage certainly is good, and has an unusually good support service, but
> >that, like the product itself, is indeed expensive. Gnucash sounds very
> >promising, especially with a need to retrieve useful information from
> >backup files. Thanks for the tip!
> >
> >As an IT practitioner and software developer, I naturally wrote my own
> >accounting and billing system. It's quirky, but it does *exactly* what
> >I want it to!
>
> Why not get the QuickBooks free version.

Thanks for this - I'll pass it on.

http://download.cnet.com/QuickBooks-Simple-Start-Free-Edition/3000-2066_
4-10608523.html-Simple-Start-Free-Edition/3000-2066_4-
10608523.html#ixzz1rvm4aImF

or

http://cnet.co/54GfLz

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Phil, London

Peter Saxton

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Apr 16, 2012, 6:49:08 PM4/16/12

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On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:34:06 +0100, Philip Herlihy

What about Money Manager Personal Edition?

http://www.moneysoft.co.uk/bookkeeping-software/money-manager.htm

Philip Herlihy

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Apr 18, 2012, 9:19:52 AM4/18/12

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In article <kd8po75qkil7c3afh...@4ax.com>,
pe...@petersaxton.co.uk says...

I did manage to retrieve the license key for Quicken - it's in a text
file called license.lic.

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Phil, London

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